How Zen became Zen : the dispute over enlightenment and the formation of Chan Buddhism in Song-dynasty China / Morten Schlütter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schlütter, Morten.

Contributor:

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Series:

Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; no. 22.

Studies in East Asian Buddhism ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zen Buddhism--China--History.

Zen Buddhism.

China.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 289 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [2008]

Contents:

Chan Buddhism in the Song: some background

The Chan school and the Song state

Procreation and patronage in the Song Chan school

A new Chan tradition: the reinvention of the Caodong lineage in the Song

A dog has no Buddha-nature: Kanhua Chan and Dahui Zonggao's attacks on silent illumination

The Caodong tradition as the target of attacks by the Linji tradition

Silent illumination and the Caodong tradition.

Notes:

"A Kuroda Institute book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-275) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

9780824832551

0824832558

OCLC:

189700510