Approaches to Chan, Sŏn, and Zen studies : Chinese Chan Buddhism and its spread throughout East Asia / edited by Albert Welter [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Welter, Albert, 1952- editor.

Series:

SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.

SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zen Buddhism--East Asia--History.

Zen Buddhism.

Zen Buddhism--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (478 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2022]

Summary:

A comprehensive treatment of the shared traditions of Chan, Sŏn, and Zen in dynamic interaction across East Asia, acknowledging the changing and growing parameters of the field of Zen studies.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Chinese Chan and the Greater East Asian Region

The Spread of Chan Buddhism

The Hangzhou Region and the Spread of East Asian Buddhism

A Greater Vehicle to the Other Shore

The Japanese Zen Nexus

The Transmission of the Blue Cliff Record to Medieval Japan

Interpreters, Brush-Dialogue, and Poetry

Doves on My Knees, Golden Dragons in My Sleeves

The Lute, Lyric Poetry, and Literary Arts in Chinese Chan and Japanese Zen Buddhism

The Korean Sŏn Nexus

Pure Rules and Public Monasteries in Korea

Gender and Dharma Lineage

Mindful Interactions and Recalibrations

Chan, Zen, and Sŏn in the Modern Period

Taixu’s History of the Chan Tradition

Zen Internationalism, Zen Revolution

The Struggle of the Jogye Order to Define its Identity as a Meditative School in Contemporary Korea

Bibliography

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4384-9090-9

OCLC:

1348482045