Format:
1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
Edition:
[Online-Ausgabe]
ISBN:
9780300240511
Series Statement:
The Spirit of
Content:
An engaging introduction to Zen Buddhism, featuring a new English translation of one of the earliest Zen texts Leading Buddhist scholar Sam van Schaik explores the history and essence of Zen, based on a new translation of one of the earliest surviving collections of teachings by Zen masters. These teachings, titled The Masters and Students of the Lanka, were discovered in a sealed cave on the old Silk Road, in modern Gansu, China, in the early twentieth century. All more than a thousand years old, the manuscripts have sometimes been called the Buddhist Dead Sea Scrolls, and their translation has opened a new window onto the history of Buddhism. Both accessible and illuminating, this book explores the continuities between the ways in which Zen was practiced in ancient times, and how it is practiced today in East Asian countries such as Japan, China, Korea, and Vietnam, as well as in the emerging Western Zen tradition
Content:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART I. INTRODUCING ZEN -- CHAPTER ONE. THE PRACTICE OF ZEN -- CHAPTER TWO. ZEN AND THE WEST -- CHAPTER THREE. THE HISTORY OF ZEN -- CHAPTER FOUR. THE LOST TEXTS OF ZEN -- CHAPTER FIVE. EARLY ZEN MEDITATION -- PART II. THE MASTERS OF THE LANKA -- CHAPTER SIX. MANUSCRIPTS AND TRANSLATION -- CHAPTER SEVEN. JINGJUE -- CHAPTER EIGHT. GUNABHADRA -- CHAPTER NINE. BODHIDHARMA -- CHAPTER TEN. HUIKE -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. SENGCAN -- CHAPTER TWELVE. DAOXIN I -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. DAOXIN II -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. HONGREN -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN. SHENXIU -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX
Note:
restricted access online access with authorization star
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780300221459
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als print ISBN 9780300221459
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300240511
URL:
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
