Chan Buddhism / Edition 1

by Peter D. Hershock

Overview

Himself a practitioner, Hershock (Asian studies, East-West Center, Honolulu) offers a philosophical introduction to the practice tradition of Chan Buddhism, the Chinese forebear of Korean Son and Japanese Zen. The school does not promise infinite bliss and completion, he warns, indeed insists there is ultimately nothing to gain. Rather, it teaches that the path of enlightenment is just ordinary mind. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824828356
Publisher:	University of Hawaii Press, The
Publication date:	10/28/2005
Series:	Dimensions of Asian Spirituality Series , #2
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

	Editor's Preface	vii
	Acknowledgments	xiii
	Introduction	1
1	The Buddhist Roots of Chan	7
2	Differences in Indian and Chinese Cultural Contexts	34
3	Early Developments in Chinese Buddhism	46
4	The Early History of the Chan Tradition	66
5	Exemplars of Chan, Homegrown Buddhas	81
6	Chan Practice as Philosophy and Spirituality	132
7	Chan Now? Why and for Whom?	159
	Further Reading	163
	Index	169