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| Genre/Form: | History |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Morten Schlütter |
| ISBN: | 9780824832551 0824832558 |
| OCLC Number: | 473906076 |
| Notes: | "A Kuroda Institute book." Chan Buddhism in the Song: some background. The Chan school and the Song state. Procreation and patronage in the Song Chan school. A new Chan tradition: the reinvention of the Caodong lineage in the Song. A dog has no Buddha-nature: Kanhua Chan and Dahui Zonggao's attacks on silent illumination. The Caodong tradition as the target of attacks by the Linji tradition. Silent illumination and the Caodong tradition |
| Description: | x, 289 s. ; 24 cm |
| Series Title: | Studies in East Asian Buddhism, 22 |
| Responsibility: | Morten Schlütter |
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"Having challenged established ideas and provided insights into the development of Song Chan traditions, this book will serve as a vital point of departure for future Chan studies. It is an important book that specialists of East Asian Buddhism and Chinese intellectual history can ill afford to ignore. It will be required reading for all students of Chan/Zen. I would also recommend this book, written clearly and in an engaging style, to nonspecialists who might be interested in the topic." -China Review International (16:4, 2009)""[This] book has much to say to scholars of Song institutional and intellectual history as well as to those who study Buddhism in China, Korea, and Japan."" -Journal of Asian Studies (68:4, November 2009)""Its solid, sophisticated, and original research is undeniably outstanding. Schlutter presents us with many innovative and insightful observations and conclusions on the doctrinal and soteriological issues behind the enlightenment dispute, which greatly enhance our understanding of the development of Song Chan Buddhism. His exhaustive search and use of all available, relevant primary materials and well-crafted application of philological and sociohistorical approaches are especially remarkable. Theachievements of this excellent work will serve to inspire the field for many years to come."" -H-Buddhism (October 2009)""How Zen Became Zen is thoughtprovoking, and it clarifies and deepens our understanding of a lively, influential time in the history of Zen. Where it challenges some of the tradition's narrative about itself, we should welcome the illumination."" -Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly (spring 2009)""This is an important book that will significantly contribute to our knowledge of Song-dynasty Buddhism. It joins a growing body of work that seeks to place the development of Buddhism (and particularly Chan) within its broader social and cultural history. Schlutter's research into a wide range of source materials is meticulous and thorough. Because of the important connections he draws among the state, independent (or local) literati, and Buddhist monks, this work has the potential to appeal to a wide audience of scholars beyond the field of Buddhism, including social, institutional, and intellectual historians of the Song."" -Ellen Neskar, Sarah Lawrence College""Scholars have been telling each other for years that it was during the Song dynasty in China (960-1279) that Zen, or Chan, Buddhism achieved its true `golden age,' but it is only with Morten Schlutter's wonderful new book that we get an explanation of how this was actually so. Based on very thorough and in many ways groundbreaking new research, Schlutter weaves an intricate and convincing fabric of relationships between Chan approaches to meditation and self-cultivation, styles of lineage transmission and monastic administration, and interaction with lay leaders and political systems. This book is a delightful read book that will form a cornerstone of Chan studies for years to come.""-John McRae, author of The Northern School and the Formation of Early Chan Buddhism and Seeing through Zen. Read more...
