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Autore: | Shengyan <1930-2009.> |
Titolo: | Hoofprint of the ox [[electronic resource] ] : principles of the Chan Buddhist path as taught by a modern Chinese Master / / Master Sheng-Yen with Dan Stevenson |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina: | 294.3927 |
Soggetto topico: | Zen Buddhism |
Zen meditations | |
Altri autori: | StevensonDaniel B. <1952-> |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references ([p. 223]-228) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction to Master Sheng-yen; I: Introduction: Chan and Buddhist Meditations; II: The Three Disciplines in the Graduated Path of Practice; III: The Direct and Sudden Approach of Chan; Notes; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Revered by Buddhists in the United States and China, contemporary Master Sheng-yen shares his wisdom and teachings in this first comprehensive English primer of Chan, the Chinese tradition of Buddhism that inspired Japanese Zen. Often misunderstood as a system of mind games, the Chan path involves a process of self-transformation grounded in carefully hewn spiritual disciplines and premises. Master Sheng-yen provides an unprecedented understanding of Chan, its precepts, and its practice. Beginning with a basic overview of Buddhism and meditation, the book then details the progressive mental ex |
Titolo autorizzato: | Hoofprint of the ox |
ISBN: | 0-19-773951-2 |
1-280-83769-1 | |
9786610837694 | |
0-19-803131-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910782332703321 |
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