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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787942803321

Autore

Zhuhong <1535-1615, >

Titolo

The Chan whip anthology : a companion to Zen practice / / Translated by Jeffrey L. Broughton with Elise Yoko Watanabe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-020071-5

0-19-020073-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Classificazione

REL092000

Altri autori (Persone)

Zhuhong <1535-1615.>

Disciplina

294.3/444

Soggetti

Spiritual life - Zen Buddhism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Chan Whip Anthology; 禪關策進; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; WHIP FOR SPURRING STUDENTS ONWARD THROUGH THE CHAN BARRIER CHECKPOINTS; Preface to Whip for Spurring Students Onward through the Chan Barrier Checkpoints; Front Collection: The First Gate; Front Collection: The Second Gate; Back Collection: Single Gate; Chinese Text of Changuan cejin 禪關策進; Bibliography; Index to the Chan Whip by Section; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Jeffrey L. Broughton offers an annotated translation of the Whip for Spurring Students Onward Through the Chan Barrier Checkpoints (Changuan cejin), which he abbreviates to Chan Whip. This anthology, compiled by Yunqi Zhuhong (1535-1615), has served as a Chan handbook in both China and Japan since its publication in 1600. To characterize the Chan Whip as ""late Ming Chan"" is inaccurate-in fact, it is a survey of virtually the entirety of Chan literature, running from the late 800s (Tang dynasty) to about 1600 (late Ming). The Chan extracts, the bulk of the book, are followed by a short sectio