Chan Buddhism / / Peter D. Hershock.
Chan Buddhism has become paradigmatic of Buddhist spirituality. Known in Japan as Zen and in Korea as Son, it is one of the most strikingly iconoclastic spiritual traditions in the world. This succinct and lively work clearly expresses the meaning of Chan as it developed in China more than a thousan...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2004] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (196 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Editor's Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1: The Buddhist Roots of Chan
- 2: Differences in Indian and Chinese Cultural Contexts
- 3: Early Developments in Chinese Buddhism
- 4: The Early History of the Chan Tradition
- 5: Exemplars of Chan, Homegrown Buddhas
- 6: Chan Practice as Philosophy and Spirituality
- 7: Chan Now? Why and for Whom?
- Further Reading
- Index