Patriarchs on paper : a critical history of medieval Chan literature /

"Chan Buddhism--better known as 'Zen'--produced an enormous amount of literature, and yet many Chan advocates, medieval and modern, insist that Chan and its truths can be found in neither language nor literature. Patriarchs on Paper explores this paradox by considering several genres...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cole, Alan, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Temas:
600-1500
Zen literature, Chinese > China > History and criticism.
Zen Buddhism > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Littérature zen chinoise > Chine > Histoire et critique.
Bouddhisme zen > Histoire des doctrines > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
RELIGION / Comparative Religion.
RELIGION / Buddhism / Zen.
Zen literature, Chinese
China
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Chan
  • what is it?
  • Making history : Chan as an art form
  • Plans for the past : early accounts of how perfect truth came to China
  • Portable ancestors : Bodhidharma gets two new families
  • More local Buddhas appear : Jingjue, Huineng, Shenhui
  • Truth, conspiracy, and careful writing : a new version of Huineng
  • The Platform Sutra and other conspiracy theories
  • Chan "dialogues" from the Tang Dynasty
  • Chan compendiums from the Song Dynasty
  • Rules for purity : handbooks for running Chan monasteries
  • Koans and being there
  • Conclusions : Chan, a Buddhist beauty.

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