Seeing Through Zen Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism

Name: Seeing Through Zen Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism
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ISBN: 9780520237988

ISBN-10: 0520237986

ISBN-13: 9780520237988

Edition: 2005

Authors: John R. Mcrae

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The tradition of Chan Buddhism--more popularly known as Zen--has been romanticized throughout its history. In this book, John R. McRae shows how modern critical techniques, supported by recent manuscript discoveries, make possible a more skeptical, accurate, and--ultimately--productive assessment of Chan lineages, teaching, fundraising practices, and social organization. Synthesizing twenty years of scholarship,Seeing through Zenoffers new, accessible analytic models for the interpretation of Chan spiritual practices and religious history. Writing in a lucid and engaging style, McRae traces the emergence of this Chinese spiritual tradition and its early figureheads, Bodhidharma and the…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 1/19/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface Conventions McRae's Rules of Zen Studies



Looking at Lineage: A Fresh Perspective on Chan Buddhism



Beginnings: Differentiating/Connecting Bodhidharma and the East Mountain Teaching



Metropolitan Chan: Imperial Patronage and the Chan Style



The Riddle of Encounter Dialogue: Who, What, When, and Where?



Zen and the Art of Fund-Raising: Religious Vitality and Institutional Dominance in the Song Dynasty



Climax Paradigm: Cultural Polarities and Patterns of Self-Cultivation in Song-Dynasty Chan


Notes Character


Glossary


Bibliography


Index