Philosophical meditations on Zen Buddhism
1998, 1st edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #392207
ISBN: 0521590108
Series: Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions ; 13. Physical description: xv, 227 pages, 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-224) and index. Contents: Introduction -- 1 Textuality: the "dependent origination" of Huang Po -- 2 Reading: the practice of insight -- 3 Understanding: the context of enlightenment -- 4 Language: the sphere of immediacy -- 5 Rhetoric: the instrument of mediation -- 6 History: the genealogy of mind -- 7 Freedom: the practice of constraint -- 8 Transcendence: "going beyond" Huang Po -- 9 Mind: the "Great Matter" of Zen -- 10 Enlightenment: the awakening of mind -- Conclusion: Zen in theory and practice. Subjects: Huangbo -850; Xiyun; Huang Po; Zen Buddhism Doctrines; Zen Philosophy; Religion; Asia, Religion; Asian Philosophies; Eastern Philosophy.
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