Chan Buddhism in Ritual Context
Author:   Bernard Faure (Columbia University, USA)
Publisher:   Routledge
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9781280224003


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 January 2003
Format:   Electronic book text
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The essays in this volume attempt to place the Chan and Zen tradition in their ritual and cultural contexts, looking at various aspects heretofore largely (and unduly) ignored. In particular, they show the extent to which these traditions, despite their claim to uniqueness, were indebted to larger trends in East Asian Buddhism, such as the cults of icons, relics and the monastic robe.The book emphasises the importance of ritual for a proper understanding of this allegedly anti-ritualistic form of Buddhism. In doing so, it deconstructs the Chan/Zen 'rhetoric of immediacy' and its ideological underpinnings.

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Author:   Bernard Faure (Columbia University, USA)
Publisher:   Routledge
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781280224003


ISBN 10:   1280224002
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 January 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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