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Numinous Awareness is Never Dark
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Hardback. Examines the issue of whether enlightenment in Zen Buddhism is sudden or gradual - that is, something intrinsic to the mind that is achieved in a sudden flash of insight or something extrinsic to it that must be developed through a sequential series of practices. According to Chinul's analysis, enlightenment is both sudden and gradual. Translator(s): Buswell, Robert E. Series: Korean Classics Libraby: Philosophy and Religion. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 colour frontis. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HRAX; HREZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Numinous Awareness Is Never Dark examines the issue of whether enlightenment in Zen Buddhism is sudden or gradual—that is, something intrinsic to the mind that is achieved in a sudden flash of insight or something extrinsic to it that must be developed through a sequential series of practices. This “sudden/gradual issue” was one of the crucial debates that helped forge the Zen school in East Asia, and the Korean Zen master Chinul’s (1158–1210) magnum opus,Excerpts, offers one of the most thorough treatments of it in all of premodern Buddhist literature. According to Chinul’s analysis, enlightenment is both sudden and gradual. ... Read more
Numinous Awareness Is Never Dark examines the issue of whether enlightenment in Zen Buddhism is sudden or gradual—that is, something intrinsic to the mind that is achieved in a sudden flash of insight or something extrinsic to it that must be developed through a sequential series of practices. This “sudden/gradual issue” was one of the crucial debates that helped forge the Zen school in East Asia, and the Korean Zen master Chinul’s (1158–1210) magnum opus,Excerpts, offers one of the most thorough treatments of it in all of premodern Buddhist literature. According to Chinul’s analysis, enlightenment is both sudden and gradual. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Korean Classics Libraby: Philosophy and Religion
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824867393
SKU
V9780824867393
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About
Robert E. Buswell, Jr. holds the Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Humanities at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he is also Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures and founding director of the university's Center for Buddhist Studies and Center for Korean Studies.
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