The Nature and Rationale of Zen/Chan and Enlightenment: The Mind of a Pre-Natal Baby
Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: One Man's Journey to Zen/Chan -- A Personal Encounter with Chan -- A New Orientation in Chan Studies -- An Overview of the B...
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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
Milton
Taylor & Francis Group
2023
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In: | Year: 2023 |
Series/Journal: | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion Series
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Further subjects: | B
Zen Buddhism
B Electronic books |
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Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781032497631 |
Summary: | Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: One Man's Journey to Zen/Chan -- A Personal Encounter with Chan -- A New Orientation in Chan Studies -- An Overview of the Book -- A Caveat -- Notes -- Chapter 1: A Paradigm Shift for Zen/Chan Studies -- State of the Zen/Chan Field -- Challenges and Orientations -- Assumptions and Approaches -- Hypothesis and Thesis -- Point of Departure -- For a Paradigm Shift in Chan and Enlightenment Studies -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Is Zen/Chan a Mysterium Ineffabile? -- The Agnostic Consensus -- The Hu Shi-Suzuki Debate on the Nature of Chan -- A Preliminary Understanding of Chan through Its Practices -- Meditation ( zuochan 坐禅, zazen in Japanese) -- Gong'an 公案 ( koan in Japanese -- Chan paradoxes) -- Wenda 問答 ( monda in Japanese -- Chan dialogues) -- Initial Insights into Chan Enlightenment -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Is Zen/Chan a School of Buddhism? -- Name and Substance: Dhyana and Chan -- Ontological Being: Emptiness Versus Nothingness -- Epistemology: Prajna (Acquired Knowledge) Versus Wu (Self Knowledge) -- Methodology: Salvation by Others Versus Salvation by Oneself -- Ultimate Aims in Practice: Nirvana Versus Satori -- Chan: An Independent School of Thought and Religion -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Chapter 4: What Is the Authentic Nature of the Chan School? -- Huineng's Independent Founding of Chinese Chan -- Zen/Chan and Three Schools of Thought in China -- Confucian in Skin and Flesh -- Buddhist in Bones and Skeleton -- Daoist in Heart and Soul -- Conclusion: Three Schools of Thought Converge on Chan -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Enlightenment as Momentary Return to Prenatal Mind -- Chan and the Anxiety of Living -- "Desire" and the Four Noble Truths. |
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ISBN: | 1000916359 |