TY  - BOOK
AU  - McRae,John R.
TI  - Seeing through Zen: encounter, transformation, and genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism 
SN  - 9780520937079
AV  - BQ9262.5 .M367 2004eb
U1  - 294.3/927/0951 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Berkeley, Calif.
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Zen Buddhism
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - PHILOSOPHY
KW  - Zen
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Bouddhisme zen
KW  - Chine
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Zen-Buddhismus
KW  - gnd
KW  - swd
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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