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CHAN BUDDHISM IN RITUAL CONTEXT
THE CHAN AND ZEN TRADITIONS IN RITUAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS |
| By: |
Bernard Faure (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0415297486 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780415297486 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
26 June, 2003 |
| Pages: |
330 |
| Description: |
The essays in this volume, by some of the best scholars in the field, attempt to replace the Chan and Zen tradition in their ritual and cultural contexts, looking at various aspects heretofore largely (and unduly) ignored. |
| Synopsis: |
The essays in this volume attempt to place the Chan and Zen tradition in their ritual and cultural contexts, looking at various aspects heretofore largely (and unduly) ignored. In particular, they show the extent to which these traditions, despite their claim to uniqueness, were indebted to larger trends in East Asian Buddhism, such as the cults of icons, relics and the monastic robe. The book emphasises the importance of ritual for a proper understanding of this allegedly anti-ritualistic form of Buddhism. In doing so, it deconstructs the Chan/Zen 'rhetoric of immediacy' and its ideological underpinnings. |
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1 black & white tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
RoutledgeCurzon |
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