Antipathy, Ambivalence, and Acceptance: Chan Attitudes toward Ritual from the Eighth to the Eleventh Century

This article, with a focus on early Chan texts that predate received Chan texts, explores how Chan attitudes toward merit-making rituals developed from the eighth to the eleventh century. First, utilizing polemic texts composed by both Chan figures and their critics, this article details the articul...

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Main Author: Ding, Yi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 2023
In: History of religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 62, Issue: 3, Pages: 284-305
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B China / Zen Buddhism / Ritual / History 700-1100
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AG Religious life; material religion
BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
TE Middle Ages
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