Seeing through Zen : encounter, transformation, and genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism /
McRae, John R., 1947-2011.
Seeing through Zen : encounter, transformation, and genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism / John R. McRae. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (xx, 204 pages) : illustrations -
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-193) and index.
Illustrations; Preface; Conventions; McRae's Rules of Zen Studies; 1 Looking at Lineage: A Fresh Perspective on Chan Buddhism; 2 Beginnings: Differentiating/Connecting Bodhidharma and the East Mountain Teaching; 3 Metropolitan Chan: Imperial Patronage and the Chan Style; 4 The Riddle of Encounter Dialogue: Who, What, When, and Where?; 5 Zen and the Art of Fund-Raising: Religious Vitality and Institutional Dominance in the Song Dynasty; 6 Climax Paradigm: Cultural Polarities and Patterns of Self-Cultivation in Song-Dynasty Chan; Notes; Character Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
Using modern critical techniques, supported by recent manuscript discoveries, John McRae shows how a skeptical, accurate & productive assessment of Chan lineages may be made. He offers new, accessible analytic models for the interpretation of Chan spiritual practices & religious history.
9780520937079 0520937074 1417522739 9781417522736 9780520237971 0520237978 9780520237988 0520237986
22573/cttt21sp JSTOR
Zen Buddhism--History.--China
Bouddhisme zen--Histoire.--Chine
PHILOSOPHY--Zen.
RELIGION--Buddhism--Zen.
RELIGION--Buddhism--General.
Zen Buddhism
Zen-Buddhismus
China
China
asian studies. bodhidharma. buddhist doctrine. buddhist social organizations. buddhists. chan lineages. china. chinese chan buddhism. chinese philosophy. comparative religion. genealogy. huineng. koans. modern buddhism. nonfiction. religion and spirituality. religious criticism. religious historians. religious history. religious scholars. religious studies. sixth patriarch. spiritual encounters. spiritual tradition. transformation. zen teaching. zen.
Electronic books.
History
BQ9262.5 / .M367 2004eb
294.3/927/0951
Seeing through Zen : encounter, transformation, and genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism / John R. McRae. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (xx, 204 pages) : illustrations -
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-193) and index.
Illustrations; Preface; Conventions; McRae's Rules of Zen Studies; 1 Looking at Lineage: A Fresh Perspective on Chan Buddhism; 2 Beginnings: Differentiating/Connecting Bodhidharma and the East Mountain Teaching; 3 Metropolitan Chan: Imperial Patronage and the Chan Style; 4 The Riddle of Encounter Dialogue: Who, What, When, and Where?; 5 Zen and the Art of Fund-Raising: Religious Vitality and Institutional Dominance in the Song Dynasty; 6 Climax Paradigm: Cultural Polarities and Patterns of Self-Cultivation in Song-Dynasty Chan; Notes; Character Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
Using modern critical techniques, supported by recent manuscript discoveries, John McRae shows how a skeptical, accurate & productive assessment of Chan lineages may be made. He offers new, accessible analytic models for the interpretation of Chan spiritual practices & religious history.
9780520937079 0520937074 1417522739 9781417522736 9780520237971 0520237978 9780520237988 0520237986
22573/cttt21sp JSTOR
Zen Buddhism--History.--China
Bouddhisme zen--Histoire.--Chine
PHILOSOPHY--Zen.
RELIGION--Buddhism--Zen.
RELIGION--Buddhism--General.
Zen Buddhism
Zen-Buddhismus
China
China
asian studies. bodhidharma. buddhist doctrine. buddhist social organizations. buddhists. chan lineages. china. chinese chan buddhism. chinese philosophy. comparative religion. genealogy. huineng. koans. modern buddhism. nonfiction. religion and spirituality. religious criticism. religious historians. religious history. religious scholars. religious studies. sixth patriarch. spiritual encounters. spiritual tradition. transformation. zen teaching. zen.
Electronic books.
History
BQ9262.5 / .M367 2004eb
294.3/927/0951