Chan Buddhism / Peter D. Hershock.

Author/creator Hershock, Peter D.
Format Book
Publication InfoHonolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxi, 173 pages ; 22 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Zen Buddhism--China. --History.

SeriesDimensions of Asian spirituality ; v. 2
Dimensions of Asian spirituality ; v. 2. ^A583609
Contents ch. 1. The buddhist roots of chan -- The Indian birth of Buddhist thought and practice -- The Buddha's root teachings -- The four noble truths -- The teaching of the three marks -- The teaching of Karma -- The ecology of awakening, the diversity of Buddhist paths -- The historical spread of Buddhism into China and the birth of Chinese Buddhism -- ch. 2. Differences in Indian and Chinese cultural contexts -- The disparate meaning of being dead in India and China -- The complementary systems of early Chinese religiousness -- Confucianism -- Daoism -- ch. 3. Early developments in Chinese Buddhism -- Texts and contexts, the phase of accommodation -- Adaptation and authority, the phase of advocacy -- The first schools of Chinese Buddhism -- Tiantai (heavenly terrace) -- Huayen (flower ornament) -- Chingde (pure land) -- From orthodoxy to orthopraxy, the crucial tide change in Chinese Buddhism -- ch. 4. The early history of the Chan tradition -- ch. 5. Exemplars of Chan, homegrown Buddhas -- Bodhidharma -- Huineng -- Mazu -- Linji -- ch. 6. Chan practice as philosophy and spirituality -- Relinquishing all limits to relevance, responsibility, and readiness: -- Chan non-duality -- Meditation as energy work -- Moral clarity and Chan awakening -- ch. 7. Chan now? why, and for whom?.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [163]-168) and index.
LCCN 2004001348
ISBN0824827805 (hd. : alk. paper)
ISBN0824828356 (pbk. : alk. paper)