Silent Accord: Qi 契 as a Metaphor for Enlightenment and Transmission in Chan Buddhist Discourse
In this paper, we explore the historical background and the semantic underpinnings of a central, if marginally treated, metaphor of enlightenment and transmission in Chan discourse, “silent accord” 默契. It features centrally in Essentials of the Transmission of Mind 傳心法要, a text that gathers the teac...
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Language: | English |
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[2021]
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Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 4 |
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Enlightenment
B silent accord B Transmission B Chan (Zen) Buddhism B Pei Xiu B Huangbo Xiyun |
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