Provides alphabetically arranged entries covering topics related to the understanding of Zen Buddhism. Includes entries in the following categories: art, architecture, and iconography; biographical entries; Buddhas and Bodhisattvas; concepts; geography; monastic life; mythology …
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Daring Steps Toward Fearlessness draws on several venerable sources, ranging from Buddha's earliest teachings to a Vajayanna text by the yogi known as Crazy Khyentse. As much practice manual as scholastic accomplishment, this articulate, lively presentation will be eagerly sough…
The Record of the Dharma-Jewel Through the Generations (Lidai fabao ji) is a little-known Chan/Zen Buddhist text of the eighth century, rediscovered in 1900. The text relayss a fascinating sectarian history of Buddhism refracted through the progressive philosophy of Bao Tang fou…
"Gyōnen's Transmission of the Buddha Dharma in Three Countries is the first English translation of this work and a new assessment of it. Gyōnen (1240-1321) has been recognized for establishing a methodology for the study of Buddhism that would come to dominate Japan. The three c…
