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Paperback / softback. New. How Zen Became Zen takes a novel approach to understanding one of the most crucial developments in Zen Buddhism: the dispute over the nature of enlightenment that erupted within the Chinese Chan (Zen) school in the twelfth century. The famous Linji (Rinzai) Chan master Dahui Zonggao (1089-1163) railed against "heretical silent illumination Chan" and strongly advocated kanhua (koan) meditation as an antidote. In this fascinating study, Morten Schlutter shows that Dahui's target was the Caodong (Soto) Chan tradition that had been revived and reinvented in the early twelfth century, and that silent meditation was an approach to practice and enlightenment that originated within this "new" Chan tradition. Schlutter has written a refreshingly accessible account of the intricacies of the dispute, which is still reverberating through modern Zen in both Asia and the West. Dahui and his opponents' arguments for their respective positions…
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How Zen Became Zen: The Dispute Over Enlightenment and the Formation of Chan Buddhism in Song-Dynasty China Paperback - 2010
by Morten Schlutter
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- Title How Zen Became Zen: The Dispute Over Enlightenment and the Formation of Chan Buddhism in Song-Dynasty China
- Author Morten Schlutter
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Hawaii Press, United States
- Date 2010
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780824835088 / 0824835085
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 in (22.61 x 15.24 x 2.03 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Religious Orientation: Buddhist
- Dewey Decimal Code 294.392
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