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BL
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1016787
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b771157
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McRae, John R.,1947-2011.
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Seeing through Zen : : encounter, transformation, and genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism /\ John R. McRae.
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| Publication Statement
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Berkeley, Calif. :: University of California Press,, 2004.
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1 online resource (xx, 204 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0520237978
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: 0520237986
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: 0520937074
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: 1417522739
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: 9780520237971
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: 9780520237988
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: 9780520937079
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: 9781417522736
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0520237978
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0520237986
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-193) and index.
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| Contents
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Illustrations; Preface; Conventions; McRae's Rules of Zen Studies; 1 Looking at Lineage: A Fresh Perspective on Chan Buddhism; 2 Beginnings: Differentiating/Connecting Bodhidharma and the East Mountain Teaching; 3 Metropolitan Chan: Imperial Patronage and the Chan Style; 4 The Riddle of Encounter Dialogue: Who, What, When, and Where?; 5 Zen and the Art of Fund-Raising: Religious Vitality and Institutional Dominance in the Song Dynasty; 6 Climax Paradigm: Cultural Polarities and Patterns of Self-Cultivation in Song-Dynasty Chan; Notes; Character Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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Using modern critical techniques, supported by recent manuscript discoveries, John McRae shows how a skeptical, accurate & productive assessment of Chan lineages may be made. He offers new, accessible analytic models for the interpretation of Chan spiritual practices & religious history.
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Zen Buddhism-- China-- History.
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Bouddhisme zen-- Chine-- Histoire.
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PHILOSOPHY-- Zen.
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RELIGION-- Buddhism-- General.
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RELIGION-- Buddhism-- Zen.
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Zen Buddhism.
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Zen-Buddhismus
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China.
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China.
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| Dewey Classification
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294.3/927/0951
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BQ9262.5.M367 2004eb
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