The Sutra of perfect enlightenment : Korean Buddhism's guide to meditation (with commentary by the Sŏn Monk Kihwa) / translated and with an introduction by A. Charles Muller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Muller, A. Charles, 1953-

Series:

SUNY series in Korean studies

Standardized Title:

Ta fang kuang yüan chüeh hsiu to-lo liao i ching. English & Chinese.

Language:

Chinese

English

Physical Description:

xi, 329 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [1999]

Summary:

The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment, used in monastic education for more than a millennium, is a concise guide to the key paradigms of the practice systems of the East Asian meditational schools (Ch'an, Son, and Zen). Contained in its twelve chapters are definitive explanations of the meaning of innate and actualized enlightenment, sudden and gradual enlightenment, the true nature of ignorance and suffering, along with numerous examples of methods of contemplation that accord with and reflect the basic Ch'an views on enlightenment and practice. Although the Sutra was popular throughout the East Asian region, it attained its highest canonical status within the Korean Chogye school, where it is still a key text in the core curriculum of modern-day monks and nuns. The Sutra is translated here in full, along with the eloquent and revelatory commentary of the Choson monk Kihwa (1376-1433).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-315) and index.

Contains:

Kihwa, 1376-1433. Taebanggwang w͠onʾgak sudara yo͠ui ky͠ong s͠or͠ui. English. 1999.

ISBN:

0791441016

0791441024

OCLC:

39765375