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Historical dictionary of Chan Buddhism / Youru Wang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wang, Youru, author.
- Series:
- Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements.
- Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zen Buddhism--Dictionaries.
- Zen Buddhism.
- Zen Buddhism--History--Dictionaries.
- Genre:
- History.
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (359 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2017.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
- Language Note:
- English and Chinese.
- Summary:
- The popular name for Chan Buddhism, in the West, is Zen Buddhism, as it was Japanese scholars who first introduced Chan Buddhism to the West with this translation.Indeed, chan is a shortened form of the Chinese word channa, rendered from the Sanskrit word dhyana, which denotes practices of the concentration of the mind through meditation or.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Editor's Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Reader's Note
- Chronology
- Introduction: A Concise History of Chan Buddhism
- THE DICTIONARY
- Glossary of Chinese Terms
- Bibliography
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 28, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-41936-5
- 1-5381-0552-7
- OCLC:
- 993126977
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