Zongmi on Chan
Jeffrey Broughton
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Description for Zongmi on Chan
Hardback. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 376 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HREZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 644.
Japanese Zen often implies that textual learning (gakumon) in Buddhism and personal experience (taiken) in Zen are separate, but the career and writings of the Chinese Tang dynasty Chan master Guifeng Zongmi (780-841) undermine this division. For the first time in English, Jeffrey Broughton presents an annotated translation of Zongmi's magnum opus, the Chan Prolegomenon, along with translations of his Chan Letter and Chan Notes. The Chan Prolegomenon persuasively argues that Chan "axiom realizations" are identical to the teachings embedded in canonical word and that one who transmits Chan must use the sutras and treatises as a standard. Japanese Rinzai ... Read more
Japanese Zen often implies that textual learning (gakumon) in Buddhism and personal experience (taiken) in Zen are separate, but the career and writings of the Chinese Tang dynasty Chan master Guifeng Zongmi (780-841) undermine this division. For the first time in English, Jeffrey Broughton presents an annotated translation of Zongmi's magnum opus, the Chan Prolegomenon, along with translations of his Chan Letter and Chan Notes. The Chan Prolegomenon persuasively argues that Chan "axiom realizations" are identical to the teachings embedded in canonical word and that one who transmits Chan must use the sutras and treatises as a standard. Japanese Rinzai ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
Translations from the Asian Classics
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231143929
SKU
V9780231143929
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About Jeffrey Broughton
Jeffrey Broughton is professor of religious studies at California State University Long Beach and the author of The Bodhidharma Anthology: The Earliest Records of Zen.
Reviews for Zongmi on Chan
A major contribution.
Alan Fox H-Buddhism Broughton makes an original and valuable contribution to the rewriting of the history of Chinese Chan Buddhism.
Peter Hershock Journal of American Academy of Religion I recommend it to anyone interested in Chinul, Son, or Chan in general. Zen and Back Again A very useful additiojn to scholarship on Chinese Buddhism.
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Alan Fox H-Buddhism Broughton makes an original and valuable contribution to the rewriting of the history of Chinese Chan Buddhism.
Peter Hershock Journal of American Academy of Religion I recommend it to anyone interested in Chinul, Son, or Chan in general. Zen and Back Again A very useful additiojn to scholarship on Chinese Buddhism.
... Read more