How Zen Became Zen

New Delhi India Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 2009, hardcover. Extremely detailed examination of this issue starting in the 12th century, including Masters lineage charts plus generous glossary, bibliography and index. -- Hardcover, 284 pages. Condition: near fine, with near fine dust jacket (short tear). ISBN 9788121512121

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2008. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First printing, 2008, hardcover with red cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 289pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with hint of edgewear to boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ near fine with hint of edgewear, now in archival mylar wrap.

University of Hawaii Press. Used - Very Good. 2008. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Octavo. x & 289 pp. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket. Very Good. (Subject: Asian Philosophy).

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… Read more about this item

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