Esoteric Zen : : Zen and the Tantric Teachings in Premodern Japan / / Stephan Kigensan Licha.
"When a Zen teacher tells you to point at your mind, which part of your body do you point at? According to the Japanese master Chikotsu Daie (1229-1312), you should point at the fistful of meat that is your heart. Esoteric Zen demonstrates that far from an outlier, Daie's understanding ref...
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| Superior document: | Brill's Japanese Studies Library ; Volume 73 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : Brill,, [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's Japanese studies library ;
Volume 73. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (357 pages) |
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| Summary: | "When a Zen teacher tells you to point at your mind, which part of your body do you point at? According to the Japanese master Chikotsu Daie (1229-1312), you should point at the fistful of meat that is your heart. Esoteric Zen demonstrates that far from an outlier, Daie's understanding reflects the medieval Buddhist mainstream, in which tantric teachings and Zen were closely entwined movements that often developed within the same circles of thinkers and texts. Drawing on newly discovered manuscript materials, it shows how medieval practitioners constructed a unique form of Zen by drawing on tantric doctrinal discourses"-- |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004541896 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Stephan Kigensan Licha. |