Approaches To Chan S N And Zen Studies
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Approaches To Chan S N And Zen Studies
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Author : Albert Welter
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2022-11-01
Approaches To Chan S N And Zen Studies written by Albert Welter and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-01 with Philosophy categories.
This volume focuses on Chinese Chan Buddhism and its spread across East Asia, with special attention to its impacts on Korean Sŏn and Japanese Zen. Zen enthralled the scholarly world throughout much of the twentieth century, and Zen Studies became a major academic discipline in its wake. Interpreted through the lens of Japanese Zen and its reaction to events in the modern world, Zen Studies incorporated a broad range of Zen-related movements in the East Asian Buddhist world. As broad as the scope of Zen Studies was, however, it was clearly rooted in a Japanese context, and aspects of the "Zen experience" that did not fit modern Japanese Zen aspirations tended to be marginalized and ignored. Approaches to Chan, Sŏn, and Zen Studies acknowledges the move beyond Zen Studies to recognize the changing and growing parameters of the field. The volume also examines the modern dynamics in each of these traditions.
Chan Before Chan
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Author : Eric M. Greene
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2021-01-31
Chan Before Chan written by Eric M. Greene and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-31 with Religion categories.
What is Buddhist meditation? What is going on—and what should be going on—behind the closed or lowered eyelids of the Buddha or Buddhist adept seated in meditation? And in what ways and to what ends have the answers to these questions mattered for Buddhists themselves? Focusing on early medieval China, this book takes up these questions through a cultural history of the earliest traditions of Buddhist meditation (chan), before the rise of the Chan (Zen) School in the eighth century. In sharp contrast to what would become typical in the later Chan School, early Chinese Buddhists approached the ancient Buddhist practice of meditation primarily as a way of gaining access to a world of enigmatic but potentially meaningful visionary experiences. In Chan Before Chan, Eric Greene brings this approach to meditation to life with a focus on how medieval Chinese Buddhists interpreted their own and others’ visionary experiences and the nature of the authority they ascribed to them. Drawing from hagiography, ritual manuals, material culture, and the many hitherto rarely studied meditation manuals translated from Indic sources into Chinese or composed in China in the 400s, Greene argues that during this era meditation and the mastery of meditation came for the first time to occupy a real place in the Chinese Buddhist social world. Heirs to wider traditions that had been shared across India and Central Asia, early medieval Chinese Buddhists conceived of “chan” as something that would produce a special state of visionary sensitivity. The concrete visionary experiences that resulted from meditation were understood as things that could then be interpreted, by a qualified master, as indicative of the mediator’s purity or impurity. Buddhist meditation, though an elite discipline that only a small number of Chinese Buddhists themselves undertook, was thus in practice and in theory constitutively integrated into the cultic worlds of divination and “repentance” (chanhui) that were so important within the medieval Chinese religious world as a whole.
From Chinese Chan To Japanese Zen
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Author : Steven Heine
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-09-06
From Chinese Chan To Japanese Zen written by Steven Heine and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-06 with Religion categories.
From Chinese Chan to Japanese Zen investigates the remarkable century that lasted from 1225 to 1325, during which the transformation of the Chinese Chan school of Buddhism into the Japanese Zen sect was successfully completed. Steven Heine reveals how this school of Buddhism, which started half a millennium earlier as a mystical utopian cult for reclusive monks, gained a broad following among influential lay followers in both China and Japan.
The Effects Of Chan Meditation
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Author : Master Sheng Yen
language : en
Publisher: 法鼓文理學院
Release Date : 2011-05-01
The Effects Of Chan Meditation written by Master Sheng Yen and has been published by 法鼓文理學院 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-01 with Meditation categories.
Getting The Buddha Mind
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Author : Shengyan
language : en
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2005
Getting The Buddha Mind written by Shengyan and has been published by North Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Spiritual life categories.
Chan—or in Japanese, Zen—involves studying, practicing, acting, and being, but beyond words and ideas, the true Chan cannot be described, only learned. Under the guidance of authentic teachers like Chan Master Sheng Yen, many students in the West have learned how to follow the path. Collected from a series of talks given during Chan retreats, Getting the Buddha Mind presents the teachings of this esteemed spiritual guide and brings the intimacy of the retreat experience into the reader's living room.
Seeing Through Zen
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Author : John R. McRae
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2003
Seeing Through Zen written by John R. McRae and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
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Essential Chan Buddhism
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Author : Guo Jun
language : en
Publisher: Monkfish Book Publishing
Release Date : 2013-04-02
Essential Chan Buddhism written by Guo Jun and has been published by Monkfish Book Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-02 with Religion categories.
An inspiring introduction to Chan Buddhism in a value-priced hardcover edition. Perfect for daily spiritual guidance and gifts.
Exploring Ch N
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Author : Chuan Zhi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-10-29
Exploring Ch N written by Chuan Zhi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-29 with Religion categories.
Chuan Zhi invites us to explore Ch n's origins and development through canonical texts, monastic traditions, and spiritual practices that span over five millennia. With the help of insights culled from contemporary scholars and historians, Chuan Zhi further examines how Ch n's development was influenced by social and political forces during the Tang and Song dynasties, and how it was modified further by Koreans and Japanese to accommodate their own indigenous folk religions, social customs, and political agendas. Finally, he describes contemporary approaches to Ch n training and challenges sometimes encountered with its practice.
The Korean Approach To Zen
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Author : Chinul
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
The Korean Approach To Zen written by Chinul and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Philosophy categories.
Studies In Zen
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Author : Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955
Studies In Zen written by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with Zen Buddhism categories.