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Fathering your father : the Zen of fabrication in Tang Buddhism / Alan Cole.
| Author/creator | Cole, Alan, 1964- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2009. |
| Description | xix, 340 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Healthy skepticism, and a field theory for the emergence of Chan literature -- The state of enlightenment: the empire of truth in Zhiyi's legacy and Xinxing's sect of the three levels -- Owning it: Shaolin monastery's in-house Buddha -- The future of an illusion: Du Fei hijacks Shaolin's truth-fathers -- My life as a Buddha: Jingjue's version of the truth-fathers -- Shenhui's "stop thief" bid to be the seventh son -- Conclusion: Assessing the hole at the beginning of it all. |
| General note | "A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--Prelim. p. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-330) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008026040 |
| ISBN | 0520254848 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780520254848 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0520254856 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780520254855 (pbk. : alk. paper) |