Format:
Online-Ressource (xii, 322 p)
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0195117484
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0195117492
Content:
The essays collected in this volume argue that our understanding of the Koan tradition has been severely limited. The authors try to undermine stereotypes and problematic interpretations by examining unrecognized factors in the formation of this tradition
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction: Koan Tradition-Self-Narrative and Contemporary Perspectives; 1. The Form and Function of Koan Literature: A Historical Overview; 2. The Antecedents of Encounter Dialogue in Chinese Ch'an Buddhism; 3. Mahākāsyapa's Smile: Silent Transmission and the Kung-an (Koan) Tradition; 4. Kung-an Ch'an and the Tsung-men t'ung-yao chi; 5. Visions, Divisions, Revisions: The Encounter between Iconoclasm and Supernaturalism in Koan Cases about Mount Wu-t'ai
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6. ""Before the Empty Eon"" versus ""A Dog Has No Buddha-Nature"": Kung-an Use in the Ts'ao-tung Tradition and Ta-hui's Kung-an Introspection Ch'an7. Koan History: Transformative Language in Chinese Buddhist Thought; 8. Ikkyu and Koans; 9. Transmission of Kirigami (Secret Initiation Documents): A Soto Practice in Medieval Japan; 10. Emerging from Nonduality: Koan Practice in the Rinzai Tradition since Hakuin; 11. Koan and Kensho in the Rinzai Zen Curriculum; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780195117486
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Koan : Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism
Language:
English
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