| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 359 pages) |
| Series |
Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements |
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Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements.
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| Contents |
<Span style="s Foreword </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Jon Woronoff</span></span><br /><span style="s Notes</span></span><br /><span style="line-height:2"><span>Chronology</span></span><br /><span style="line-height:2"><span>Introduction</span></span><br /><span style="line-height:2"><span>THE DICTIONARY</span></span><br /><span style="line-height:2"><span>Glossary of Chinese Terms</span></span><br /><span style="line-height:2"><span>Bibliography</span></span><br /><span style="line-height:2"><span>About the Author</span></span> |
| Summary |
The popular name for Chan Buddhism, in the West, is Zen Buddhism, as it was Japanese scholars who first introduced Chan Buddhism to the West with this translation. Indeed, chan is a shortened form of the Chinese word channa, rendered from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which denotes practices of the concentration of the mind through meditation or contemplation. Although rooted in the Indian tradition of yoga, which aims at the unification of the individual with the divine, meditative concentration became integrated into the Buddhist path to enlightenment as one of the three learnings (sanxue) of Buddhism. The Historical Dictionary of Chan Buddhism contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, schools, texts, vocabularies, doctrines, rituals, temples, events, and other practices. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Chan Buddhism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Text in English with some Chinese |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 28, 2017) |
| Subject |
Zen Buddhism -- Dictionaries
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Zen Buddhism -- History -- Dictionaries
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Zen Buddhism
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| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017012686 |
| ISBN |
9781538105528 |
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1538105527 |
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