Enlightenment in dispute : the reinvention of Chan Buddhism in seventeenth-century China /

Focusing on the evolution of a series of controversies about Chan enlightenment, Jiang Wu describes the process by which Chan reemerged as the most prominent Buddhist establishment of the time. He argues that the revival of Chan Buddhism depended upon reinventions of previous Chan ideals, which had...

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Wu, Jiang
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Zusammenfassung:
Focusing on the evolution of a series of controversies about Chan enlightenment, Jiang Wu describes the process by which Chan reemerged as the most prominent Buddhist establishment of the time. He argues that the revival of Chan Buddhism depended upon reinventions of previous Chan ideals, which had been lost after the Song dynasty.
Umfang:
1 online resource (478 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-439) and index.
ISBN:
1-282-33645-2
0-19-971540-8
9786612336454
Schlagworte:
Zen Buddhism > China > History > 17th century.
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