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How Zen became Zen : the dispute over enlightenment and the formation of Chan Buddhism in Song-dynasty China / Morten Schlütter.
Series: Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 22.Publication details: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2008.Description: x, 289 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780824832551 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0824832558 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780824835088 (pbk.)
- 0824835085 (pbk.)
- 294.3/9270951 22
- BQ9262.9.C5 S35 2008
Contents:
Summary: Morten Schlütter takes a novel approach to understanding one of the most crucial developments in Zen Buddhism: the dispute over the nature of enlightenment that erupted within the Chinese Chan (Zen) school in the 12th century.
Chan Buddhism in the Song: some background -- The Chan school and the Song state -- Procreation and patronage in the Song Chan school -- A new Chan tradition: the reinvention of the Caodong lineage in the Song -- A dog has no Buddha-nature: Kanhua Chan and Dahui Zonggao's attacks on silent illumination -- The Caodong tradition as the target of attacks by the Linji tradition -- Silent illumination and the Caodong tradition.
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The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks | BQ9262.9.C5 S35 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | "A Kuroda Institute book." | TBC00001305 |
"A Kuroda Institute book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-275) and index.
Chan Buddhism in the Song: some background -- The Chan school and the Song state -- Procreation and patronage in the Song Chan school -- A new Chan tradition: the reinvention of the Caodong lineage in the Song -- A dog has no Buddha-nature: Kanhua Chan and Dahui Zonggao's attacks on silent illumination -- The Caodong tradition as the target of attacks by the Linji tradition -- Silent illumination and the Caodong tradition.
Morten Schlütter takes a novel approach to understanding one of the most crucial developments in Zen Buddhism: the dispute over the nature of enlightenment that erupted within the Chinese Chan (Zen) school in the 12th century.
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