Chan Buddhism in Ritual Context
Author:   Bernard Faure
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415600187


Pages:   332
Publication Date:   10 February 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Bernard Faure
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.610kg
ISBN:  

9780415600187


ISBN 10:   0415600189
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   10 February 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Bernard Faure Chan and Zen Studies: The State of the Field(s)2. Wendi Adamek Imagining the Portrait of a Chan Master3. T Griffith Foulk and Robert H. Sharf On the Ritual Use of Chan Portraiture4. James Robson A Tang Dynasty Chan Mummy [ roushen ] and a Modern Case of furta sacra ? Investigating the Contested Bones of Shitou Xiqian5. Carl Bielefeldt Filling the Zen shu: Notes on the Jissh^D%u yõdõ ki6. Bernard Faure Quand l'habit fait le moine: The Symbolism of the kasãya in S^D%ot^D%o Zen7. Duncan Ry^D%uken Williams: How D^D%osh^D%o's Medicine Saved D^D%ogen: D^D%osh^D%o'an, and Edo-Period D^D%ogen Biographies

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Review in Acta Orientalia vol. 57 no.3 'It offers a probing, detailed and ultimately surprisingly revealing account of an important era of religious thought made all the more interesting by the variety of forms of accommodation to novelty reflected therein.' - Social Anthropology


'It offers a probing, detailed and ultimately surprisingly revealing account of an important era of religious thought made all the more interesting by the variety of forms of accommodation to novelty reflected therein.' - Social Anthropology


Author Information

Bernard Faure is a Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University and Co-Director of the Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies. His publications include The Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan/Zen Buddhism (1991), Chan Insights and Oversights: A Phenomenological Critique of the Chan/Zen Tradition (1993), Visions of Power: Imagining Medieval Japanese Buddhism (1996) and The Will to Orthodoxy: A Critical Genealogy of Northern Chan Buddhism (1997).

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