Zen classics : formative texts in the history of Zen Buddhism /

This volume focuses on the early history of Zen in China, providing overview assessments of many of the most important canonical texts that set the Zen tradition in motion throughout East Asia. Zen Classics will follow that historical movement, focusing primarily on texts from Korea and Japan that b...

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Other Authors: Heine, Steven, 1950-, Wright, Dale Stuart
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This volume focuses on the early history of Zen in China, providing overview assessments of many of the most important canonical texts that set the Zen tradition in motion throughout East Asia. Zen Classics will follow that historical movement, focusing primarily on texts from Korea and Japan that brought this Buddhist movement to fruition. Although enormously diverse in style and structure all of the texts and genres of texts considered here were fundamental to the unfolding of Zen in East Asia. The range of genres reveals the varieties of Zen practice, from rules of daily practice to sermons and meditation manuals.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 283 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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