Zen Sourcebook: Traditional Documents from China, Korea, and Japan - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0872209091 ISBN 13: 9780872209091

Verlag: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

"Featuring a carefully selected collection of source documents, this tome includes traditional teaching tools from the Zen Buddhist traditions of China (Ch'an), Korea (Son), and Japan (Zen), including texts created by women. The selections provide both a good feel for the varieties of Zen and an experience of its common core. . . . The texts are experiential teachings and include storytelling, poetry, autobiographies, catechisms, calligraphy, paintings, and koans (paradoxical meditation questions that are intended to help aspirants transcend logical, linguistic limitations). Contextual commentary prefaces each text. Wade-Giles transliteration is used, although Pinyin, Korean, Japanese, and Sanskrit terms are linked in appendixes. An insightful introduction by Arai contributes a religious studies perspective. The bibliography references full translations of the selections. A thought-provoking discussion about the problems of translation is included. . . . Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels." --Choice

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Stephen Addiss is Tucker-Boatwright Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Art History, University of Richmond.

Stanley Lombardo is Professor of Classics, University of Kansas.

Judith Roitman is Professor of Mathematics, University of Kansas.

Paula Arai is Associate Professor of Religion, Louisiana State University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0872209091
• ISBN 13: 9780872209091
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 312
• Herausgeber: Addiss Stephen, Lombardo Stanley, Roitman Judith
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• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar