Zen enlightenment : origins and meaning / by Heinrich Dumoulin ; translated from the German by John C. Maraldo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dumoulin, Heinrich.

Standardized Title:

Erleuchtungsweg des Zen im Buddhismus. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Zen Buddhism--History.

Zen Buddhism.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 175 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Westherhill, 1979.

Summary:

History and essence are tightly interwoven in Zen Buddhism. Zen Buddhists trace their school's way of enlightenment back to the terrains of India and the founder of the Buddhist religion, Shakyamuni. In "Zen Enlightenment: Origins and Meaning," Heinrich Dumoulin explains how Mahayana Buddhism, originating in the spiritual legacy of India, met with Chinese Taoism, an encounter essential to the birth of Zen, the meditation school of Mahayana. And there, primarily through the activity of the great masters of the T'ang period (618- 906), Zen acquired its distinctly Chinese character. Beautiful quotations from Chinese Zen literature and nuanced chronicles of contemporary Zen students, along with compilations of koans and sayings of the masters, add color and perspective to the fascinating picture we have of the early Chinese Zen movement.

Notes:

Translation of Der Erleuchtungsweg des Zen im Buddhismus.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 164-168.

ISBN:

0834801418

OCLC:

4515479