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The Teachings of Master Wuzhu: Zen and Religion of No-Religion
Wendi L. Adamek
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Description for The Teachings of Master Wuzhu: Zen and Religion of No-Religion
Paperback. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0 halftones. BIC Classification: HREZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
The Record of the Dharma-Jewel Through the Generations (Lidai fabao ji) is a little-known Chan/Zen Buddhist text of the eighth century, rediscovered in 1900 at the Silk Road oasis of Dunhuang. The only remaining artifact of the Bao Tang Chan school of Sichuan, the text provides a fascinating sectarian history of Chinese Buddhism intended to showcase the iconoclastic teachings of Bao Tang founder Chan Master Wuzhu (714-774). Wendi Adamek not only brings Master Wuzhu's experimental community to life but also situates his paradigm-shifting teachings within the history of Buddhist thought. Having published the first translation of the Lidai fabao ji ... Read more
The Record of the Dharma-Jewel Through the Generations (Lidai fabao ji) is a little-known Chan/Zen Buddhist text of the eighth century, rediscovered in 1900 at the Silk Road oasis of Dunhuang. The only remaining artifact of the Bao Tang Chan school of Sichuan, the text provides a fascinating sectarian history of Chinese Buddhism intended to showcase the iconoclastic teachings of Bao Tang founder Chan Master Wuzhu (714-774). Wendi Adamek not only brings Master Wuzhu's experimental community to life but also situates his paradigm-shifting teachings within the history of Buddhist thought. Having published the first translation of the Lidai fabao ji ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Translations from the Asian Classics
Condition
New
Weight
267g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231150231
SKU
V9780231150231
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About Wendi L. Adamek
Wendi L. Adamek teaches East Asian Buddhism at the University of Sydney. Her research interests include the Tang dynasty, Buddhist practice, environmental issues, and network theory. She is the author of The Mystique of Transmission: On an Early Chan History and Its Contexts, which won the American Academy of Religion Award of Excellence in Textual Studies. Her current projects concern ... Read more
Reviews for The Teachings of Master Wuzhu: Zen and Religion of No-Religion
This is extremely well done: while the translation stays very close to the original, it is also very readable, and it will be well suited for general audiences. Unlike many other existing translations of Chan/Zen works, this is done by an expert in the field with a thorough understanding of the text and its context.
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