Overview
Koans are enigmatic spiritual formulas used for religious training in the Zen Buddhist tradition. Arguing that our understanding of the koan tradition has been extremely limited, contributors to this collection examine previously unrecognized factors in the formation of this tradition, and highlight the rich complexity and diversity of koan practice and literature.
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Author: Steven Heine (Professor of Religious Studies, Co-Chair, Asian Studies, Professor of Religious Studies, Co-Chair, Asian Studies, Florida International University) ,
Dale S. Wright (Professor of Religious Studies and Chair of the Program in Asian Studies, Professor of Religious Studies and Chair of the Program in Asian Studies, Occidental College)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.40cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 15.00cm
Weight: 0.479kg
ISBN: 9780195117493
ISBN 10: 0195117492
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 18 May 2000
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Anyone who would spend words on koans had best absorb the knowledge demonstrated in this book first. --Journal of Chinese Religions Those with a serious interest in the history of Zen Buddhism will find the essays collected here an invaluable resource. The koan, often subject of unwarranted mystification, is examined in a series of eleven substantial essays vy an international group of scholars. --Religious Studies Review Anyone who would spend words on koans had best absorb the knowledge demonstrated in this book first. --Journal of Chinese Religions ...this volume is a must for serious students of Zen history, offering a range of new perspectives on koan Zen and the development of the Zen school in China and Japan while exposing many of the myths about these subjects that have accumulated over the years. --Zen Notes Those with a serious interest in the history of Zen Buddhism will find the essays collected here an invaluable resource. The koan, often subject of unwarranted mystification, is examined in a series of eleven substantial essays vy an international group of scholars. --Religious Studies Review
Those with a serious interest in the history of Zen Buddhism will find the essays collected here an invaluable resource ... appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate libraries. * Religious Studies Review *
Those with a serious interest in the history of Zen Buddhism will find the essays collected here an invaluable resource ... appropriate for both undergraduate and graduate libraries. Religious Studies Review
