TY  - BOOK
AU  - McRae,John R.
TI  - Seeing through Zen: encounter, transformation, and genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism 
SN  - 0520237978 (alk. paper)
AV  - BQ9262.5 .M367 2003
U1  - 294.3/927/0951 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Zen Buddhism
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - Bouddhisme zen
KW  - Chine
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Zen-Buddhismus
KW  - swd
N1  - "A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--1st prelim. p; Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-193) and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -