How Zen Became Zen: The Dispute over Enlightenment and the Formation of Chan Buddhism in Song-Dynasty China 9780824862886
How Zen Became Zen takes a novel approach to understanding one of the most crucial developments in Zen Buddhism: the dis
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Conventions
Introduction
CHAPTER 1. Chan Buddhism in the Song: Some Background
CHAPTER 2. The Chan School and the Song State
CHAPTER 3. Procreation and Patronage in the Song Chan School
CHAPTER 4. A New Chan Tradition The Reinvention of the Caodong Lineage in the Song
CHAPTER 5. A Dog Has No Buddha-Nature Kanhua Chan and Dahui Zonggao’s Attacks on Silent Illumination
CHAPTER 6. The Caodong Tradition as the Target of Attacks by the Linji Tradition
CHAPTER 7. Silent Illumination and the Caodong Tradition
Conclusion
Notes
Caodong Lineage
Linji Lineage
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
