The Koan : texts and contexts in Zen Buddhism /
Koans are enigmatic spiritual formulas used for religious training in the Zen Buddhist tradition. This innovative religious practice is one of the most distinctive elements of this tradition, which originated in medieval China and spread to Japan and Korea. Perhaps no dimension of Asian religious ha...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press,
2000
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| Summary: | Koans are enigmatic spiritual formulas used for religious training in the Zen Buddhist tradition. This innovative religious practice is one of the most distinctive elements of this tradition, which originated in medieval China and spread to Japan and Korea. Perhaps no dimension of Asian religious has attracted so much interest in the West, and its influence is apparent from beat poetry to deconstructive literary critisism. The essays collected in this volume, all previously; unpublished, argue that our understanding of the koan tradition has been severely limited. The authors try to undermine stereotypes and problematic interpretations by examining previously unrecognized factors in the formation of the tradition, and by highlighting the rich complexity and remarkable; diversity of koan practice and literature. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 322 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0195117484 9780195117486 0195117492 9780195117493 9780198027805 019802780X 1280470968 9781280470967 9786610470969 6610470960 1423738985 9781423738985 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
