Overview
This is a companion volume to The Koan and The Zen Canon, by the same editors. The first volume collected original essays on koan collections, recorded sayings of individual masters, histories of major schools, and compilations of monastic regulations. The second focuses on the early history of Zen in China, providing overview assessments of many of the most important canonical texts that set the Zen tradition in motion throughout East Asia. Zen Classics will follow that historical movement, focusing primarily on texts from Korea and Japan that brought this Buddhist movement to fruition. Although enormously diverse in style and structure all of the texts and genres of texts considered here were fundamental to the unfolding of Zen in East Asia. The range of genres reveals the varieties of Zen practice, from rules of daily practice to sermons and meditation manuals. The all new essays in this volume will be contributed by an international team of distinguished scholars of Buddhism. It is aimed at broad audience including college students, Zen practitioners, and scholars of East Asian history, religion, and culture, as well as specialists in Buddhist history.
Full Product Details
Author: Steven Heine (Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Asian Studies, Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Asian Studies, Florida International University) ,
Dale S. Wright (David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professor of Religious Studies and Asian Studies, David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professor of Religious Studies and Asian Studies, Occidental College)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.30cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 15.50cm
Weight: 0.445kg
ISBN: 9780195175264
ISBN 10: 0195175263
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 24 November 2005
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
a welcome addition to university libraries The Middle Way
""In distinct ways, each author opens up the narrow view of Zen to reveal a tradition inextricably linked to the broader Buddhist tradition. In this way, Zen Classics goes a long way in revising our understanding of Zen history, literature, and practice."" --The Eastern Buddhist ""A welcome addition to university libraries."" --The Middle Way ""In distinct ways, each author opens up the narrow view of Zen to reveal a tradition inextricably linked to the broader Buddhist tradition. In this way, Zen Classics goes a long way in revising our understanding of Zen history, literature, and practice."" --The Eastern Buddhist
