How Zen Became Zen: The Dispute over Enlightenment and the Formation of Chan Buddhism in Song-Dynasty China (Studies in East Asia Buddhism)

Name: How Zen Became Zen: The Dispute over Enlightenment and the Formation of Chan Buddhism in Song-Dynasty China (Studies in East Asia Buddhism)
Author: Morten SchlÃ¼tter
ISBN: 9780824835088

Author Morten SchlÃ¼tter

Publisher Univ of Hawaii Pr

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Author(s)Morten SchlÃ¼tter

PublisherUniv of Hawaii Pr

ISBN / ASIN0824835085

ISBN-139780824835088

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This takes a novel approach to understanding one of the most crucial developments in Zen Buddhism: the dispute over the nature of enlightenment that erupted within the Chinese Chan (Zen) school in the twelfth century. The famous Linji(Rinzai) Chan master Dahui Zonggao (1089-1163) railed against "heretical silent illumination Chan" and strongly advocated kanhua(Koan) meditation as an antidote.