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Liberating intimacy : enlightenment and social virtuosity in Ch'an Buddhism / Peter D. Hershock. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hershock, Peter D.
- Series:
- SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
- SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture Liberating intimacy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zen Buddhism--Doctrines.
- Zen Buddhism.
- Spiritual life--Zen Buddhism.
- Spiritual life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 236 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Suffering: divergent conceptions of the context of enlightenment
- Culture and the limits of personhood: common rituals and uncommon tales
- Dramatic interdependence and improvisation: sociality as orientation
- Communicative conduct: the paradigmatic locus of Ch'an enlightenment
- Intimacy and virtuosity: entering the gate of Ch'an practice
- Opening the field of virtuosity: practicing Tun-wu, Wei-hsin, and K'ung
- The techniques of unmaking: energy and awakening in Ch'an
- Morality and character in the mastery of Ch'an.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-230) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 1-4384-0659-2
- 0-585-03421-4
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