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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This deeply informed book introduces the basic teachings and practices of Buddhism and their spread across Asia. Peter D. Hershock explores the history of the enduring Japanese tradition of Zen-from its beginnings as a form of Buddhist thought and practice imported from China to…
"Among Buddhist traditions, Zen has been remarkably successful in garnering and sustaining interest outside the Buddhist homelands of Asia, and "zen" is now part of the global cultural lexicon. This deeply informed book explores the history of this enduring Japanese tradition - …
This title explores the historical growth, makeup, and transformation of Chan (Zen) Buddhist literature in late mediaeval China. It also surveys the distinctive features and the contents of particular types of texts and analyses the forces, milieus, and concerns that shaped key …
Beginning with Indian Buddhism and Chinese Taoism it shows Zen as it was created by the personalities, perceptions, and actions of its masters over the centuries. Gradual and sudden enlightenment, shock enlightenment, the koan, the migration of Zen to Japan. With anecdote and me…
According to the Zen tradition, enlightenment is a cosmic experience of universal unity. This text traces the development of Zen and the conept of enlightenment from its origins in India through its development in China to its fruition in Japan.