Chán buddhism in dunhuáng and beyond : : a study of manuscripts, texts, and contexts in memory of John R. McRae / / edited by Christoph Anderl, Christian Wittern.

• Superior document: Numen book series : studies in the history of religions ; volume 165
• TeilnehmendeR: Anderl, Christoph,; Wittern, Christian, 1962-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the history of religions ; 165.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (435 pages) :; illustrations.

"Chán Buddhism in Dūnhuáng and Beyond: A Study of Manuscripts, Texts, and Contexts in Memory of John R. McRae is dedicated to the memory of the eminent Chán scholar John McRae and investigates the spread of early Chán in a historical, multi-lingual, and interreligious context. Combining the expertise of scholars of Chinese, Tibetan, Uighur, and Tangut Buddhism, the edited volume is based on a thorough study of manuscripts from Dūnhuáng, Turfan, and Karakhoto, tracing the particular features of Chán in the Northwestern and Northern regions of late medieval China"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Chán Buddhism in an inter-religious and cross-linguistic perspective / Christoph Ander -- Early Chán revisited : a critical reading of Dàoxuán's hagiographies of Bodhidharma, Huìkě and their associates / John Jorgensen -- Northern Chán and the Siddhaṃ Songs / Christoph Anderl and Henrik H. Sørensen -- The Old Uigur translation of the Siddhaṃ Songs / Peter Zieme -- Reconsidering Tibetan Chán / Sam van Schaik -- The Great Master Tōnglǐ : the texts by a Liáo Buddhist master among the Khara-Khoto findings / Kirill Solonin -- The meeting and conflation of Chán and esoteric Buddhism during the Táng / Henrik H. Sørensen -- Buddho-Daoist interaction as creative dialogue : the mind and dào in twofold mystery teaching / Friederike Assandri -- John R. McRae : a bibliography / compiled by Christian Wittern and Christoph Anderl.