Old Joshu Lives On
Joshu was a Chan master back in Tang Dynasty China. Some of his dialogues became koans that are still widely used by contemporary Zen aspirants. Indian Buddhists originally employed the word ‘doubt' in a way that developed new shades of meaning, both as Joshu played with the word, and as this t...
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Routledge
[2017]
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Contemporary buddhism
Jahr: 2017, Band: 18, Heft: 1, Seiten: 72-88 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Joshu was a Chan master back in Tang Dynasty China. Some of his dialogues became koans that are still widely used by contemporary Zen aspirants. Indian Buddhists originally employed the word ‘doubt' in a way that developed new shades of meaning, both as Joshu played with the word, and as this term evolved further in the koan traditions of Sino-Japanese Buddhism. Joshu lived for 120 years. This extraordinary lifespan is far beyond that of today's so-called "SuperAgers". Recent research based on the brain imaging data and the telomere length from many long-term meditators suggests the possibility that some of old Joshu's longevity reflected his one hundred years of prior meditative practice. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7953 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Contemporary buddhism
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14639947.2017.1301031 |