Chan Buddhism—better known as “Zen”—produced an enormous amount of literature, and yet many Chan advocates, medieval and modern, insist that Chan and its truths can’t be found in language or literatur
Chan Buddhism—better known as “Zen”—produced an enormous amount of literature, and yet many Chan advocates, medieval and modern, insist that Chan and its truths can’t be found in language or literatur
This book offers a provocative rereading of the early history of Chan Buddhism (Zen). Working from a history-of-religions point of view that asks how and why certain literary tropes were chosen to dep
This book offers a provocative rereading of the early history of Chan Buddhism (Zen). Working from a history-of-religions point of view that asks how and why certain literary tropes were chosen to dep
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