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The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism Book

The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism
The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism, Koans are enigmatic spiritual formulas used for religious training in the Zen Buddhist tradition. Arguing that our understanding of the koan tradition has been extremely limited, contributors to this collection examine previously unrecognized factors in t, The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism has a rating of 3.5 stars
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  • The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism
  • Written by author Steven Heine
  • Published by Oxford University Press, USA, March 2000
  • Koans are enigmatic spiritual formulas used for religious training in the Zen Buddhist tradition. Arguing that our understanding of the koan tradition has been extremely limited, contributors to this collection examine previously unrecognized factors in t
  • Koans are enigmatic spiritual formulas used for religious training in the Zen Buddhist tradition. Arguing that our understanding of the koan tradition has been severely limited, contributors to this collection examine previously unrecognized factors in th
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Introduction: Koan Tradition - Self-Narrative and Contemporary Perspectives3
1The Form and Function of Koan Literature: A Historical Overview15
2The Antecedents of Encounter Dialogue in Chinese Ch'an Buddhism46
3Mahakasyapa's Smile: Silent Transmission and the Kung-an (Koan) Tradition75
4Kung-an Ch'an and the Tsung-men t'ung-yao chi110
5Visions, Divisions, Revisions: The Encounter between Iconoclasm and Supernaturalism in Koan Cases about Mount Wu-t'ai137
6"Before the Empty Eon" versus "A Dog Has No Buddha-Nature": Kung-an Use in the Ts'ao-tung Tradition and Ta-hui's Kung-an Introspection Ch'an168
7Koan History: Transformative Language in Chinese Buddhist Thought200
8Ikkyu and Koans213
9Transmission of Kirigami (Secret Initiation Documents): A Soto Practice in Medieval Japan233
10Emerging from Nonduality: Koan Practice in the Rinzai Tradition since Hakuin244
11Koan and Kensho in the Rinzai Zen Curriculum280
Index317


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