| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 315 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : Canon and canonicity in the history of the Zen literary tradition / Steven Heine, Dale S. Wright -- Tsung-mi's Zen Prolegomenon : introduction to an exemplary Zen canon / Jeff Broughton -- Mazu yulu and the creation of the Chan records of sayings / Mario Poceski -- The Lidai fabao ji (record of the dharma-jewel through the ages) / Wendi Adamek -- The Huang-po literature / Dale S. Wright -- Lineage and context in the Patriarch's hall collection and the Transmission of the lamp / Albert Welter -- The Record of Hongzhi and the recorded sayings literature of Song-dynasty Chan / Morten Schlütter -- The Wu-men kuan (J. Mumonkan) : the formation, propagation, and characteristics of a classic Zen Kōan text / Ishii Shūdō, translated Albert Welter -- The Eihei kōroku : the record of Dōgen's later period at Eihei-ji Temple / Steven Heine -- Chanyan qinggui and other "rules of purity" in Chinese Buddhism / T. Griffith Foulk |
| Summary |
Presents a collection of essays, which argue that Zen Buddism actually has a rich and varied literary heritage. Among the significant texts are hagiographic accounts and recorded sayings of individual Zen masters, koan collections and commentaries, and rules for monastic life |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Zen literature -- History and criticism
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Zen Buddhism -- Sacred books -- Introductions
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PHILOSOPHY -- Zen.
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RELIGION -- Buddhism -- Zen.
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Zen Buddhism -- Sacred books
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Zen literature
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Zen.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Introductions
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Heine, Steven, 1950-
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Wright, Dale S
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| ISBN |
9780199784615 |
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0199784612 |
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9781423726326 |
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1423726324 |
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9780195150674 |
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0195150678 |
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