The nature and rationale of Zen/Chan and enlightenment: the mind of a pre-natal baby
"This book initiates a paradigm shift away from Zen/Chan as quintessentially Buddhist and examines what makes Chan thought and practice unique and original through an interdisciplinary investigation of the nature and rationale of Chan and its enlightenment. Exploring how enlightenment is achiev...
| Published in: | Routledge studies in Asian religion and philosophy |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London New York
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2024
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Routledge studies in Asian religion and philosophy (30)
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| Series/Journal: | Routledge studies in Asian religion and philosophy
30 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Zen Buddhism
/ Enlightenment
/ Spiritual experience
/ Interreligiosity
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism |
| Further subjects: | B
Zen Buddhism
B Enlightenment (Zen Buddhism) B Spiritual Life Zen Buddhism |
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| Summary: | "This book initiates a paradigm shift away from Zen/Chan as quintessentially Buddhist and examines what makes Chan thought and practice unique and original through an interdisciplinary investigation of the nature and rationale of Chan and its enlightenment. Exploring how enlightenment is achieved through Chan practice and how this differs from other forms of Buddhism, the book offers an entirely new view of Chan that embraces historical scholarship, philosophical inquiry, textual analysis, psychological studies, Chan practice, and neuroscientific research and locates the core of Chan in its founder Huineng's theory of no thinking which creatively integrates the Taoist ideas of zuowang (forgetting in seated meditation) and xinzhai (fast of heart-mind) with his personal experiences of enlightenment. It concludes that Chan is the crystallization of an innovative synthesis of Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism as well as other resources of somatic and spiritual cultivation, and enlightenment is a momentary return to the mental state of a baby before birth. This book will appeal to students and scholars of religion, philosophy and neuroscience. It will also offer new insights to thinkers, writers, artists, therapists and neuroscientists as well as those practicing Zen, Mindfulness and psychotherapy"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1032497637 |