The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism

Heine, Steven; Wright, Dale S. (Eds.)

ISBN 10: 0195117492 / ISBN 13: 9780195117493

Edité par Oxford University Press, New York, 2000

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First edition w/SD & NAP, trade paperback, has a minor bow to the text block, very slight bumps to spine ends and cover corners, and faint rubbing with a touch of edgewear to the covers, otherwise a solid, tight, clean VG+ copy.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism
• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, New York
• Date de parution: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0195117492
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780195117493
• Reliure: Trade Paperback
• Édition: Presumed First.
• État de l'article: Very Good+
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Buddhism

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Synopsis

Koans are enigmatic spiritual formulas used for religious training in the Zen Buddhist tradition. This innovative religious practice is one of the most distinctive elements of this tradition, which originated in medieval China and spread to Japan and Korea. Perhaps no dimension of Asian religous has attracted so much interest in the West, and its influence is apparent from beat poetry to deconstructive literary critisism. The essays collected in this volume, all previously unpublished, argue that our understanding of the koan tradition has been severely limited. The authors try to undermine stereotypes and problematic interpretations by examining previously unrecognized factors in the formation of the tradition, and by highlighting the rich complexity and remarkable diversity of koan practice and literature.