Seeing through Zen :
McRae, John R., 1947-
Seeing through Zen : encounter, transformation, and genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism / John R. McRae. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (xx, 204 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-193) and index.
Illustrations; Preface; Conventions; McRae's Rules of Zen Studies; 1 Looking at Lineage: A Fresh Perspective on Chan Buddhism; 2 Beginnings: Differentiating/Connecting Bodhidharma and the East Mountain Teaching; 3 Metropolitan Chan: Imperial Patronage and the Chan Style; 4 The Riddle of Encounter Dialogue: Who, What, When, and Where?; 5 Zen and the Art of Fund-Raising: Religious Vitality and Institutional Dominance in the Song Dynasty; 6 Climax Paradigm: Cultural Polarities and Patterns of Self-Cultivation in Song-Dynasty Chan; Notes; Character Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
Using modern critical techniques, supported by recent manuscript discoveries, John McRae shows how a skeptical, accurate & productive assessment of Chan lineages may be made. He offers new, accessible analytic models for the interpretation of Chan spiritual practices & religious history.
9780520937079 0520937074 1417522739 9781417522736 9780520237971 0520237978 9780520237988 0520237986
22573/cttt21sp JSTOR
Zen Buddhism--History.--China
PHILOSOPHY--Zen.
RELIGION--Buddhism--Zen.
RELIGION--Buddhism--General.
Zen Buddhism.
Bouddhisme zen--Histoire.--Chine
Zen-Buddhismus
China.
China.
Electronic books.
History.
BQ9262.5 / .M367 2004eb
294.3/927/0951
Seeing through Zen : encounter, transformation, and genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism / John R. McRae. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2004. - 1 online resource (xx, 204 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-193) and index.
Illustrations; Preface; Conventions; McRae's Rules of Zen Studies; 1 Looking at Lineage: A Fresh Perspective on Chan Buddhism; 2 Beginnings: Differentiating/Connecting Bodhidharma and the East Mountain Teaching; 3 Metropolitan Chan: Imperial Patronage and the Chan Style; 4 The Riddle of Encounter Dialogue: Who, What, When, and Where?; 5 Zen and the Art of Fund-Raising: Religious Vitality and Institutional Dominance in the Song Dynasty; 6 Climax Paradigm: Cultural Polarities and Patterns of Self-Cultivation in Song-Dynasty Chan; Notes; Character Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
Using modern critical techniques, supported by recent manuscript discoveries, John McRae shows how a skeptical, accurate & productive assessment of Chan lineages may be made. He offers new, accessible analytic models for the interpretation of Chan spiritual practices & religious history.
9780520937079 0520937074 1417522739 9781417522736 9780520237971 0520237978 9780520237988 0520237986
22573/cttt21sp JSTOR
Zen Buddhism--History.--China
PHILOSOPHY--Zen.
RELIGION--Buddhism--Zen.
RELIGION--Buddhism--General.
Zen Buddhism.
Bouddhisme zen--Histoire.--Chine
Zen-Buddhismus
China.
China.
Electronic books.
History.
BQ9262.5 / .M367 2004eb
294.3/927/0951
