The Linji lu and the creation of Chan orthodoxy [[electronic resource] ] : the development of Chan's records of sayings literature / / Albert Welter

• Autore: Welter Albert <1952->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
• Disciplina: 294.3/85
• Soggetto topico: Zen literature, Chinese - History and criticism; Zen Buddhism - China - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Defining orthodoxy in the Chan/Zen traditions -- Tracing the elusive yulu: the origins of Chan's records of sayings -- Narration in action: early fragments of Linji's teachings -- Giving form to the formless: the formation of the Linji lu -- Strange brew: the fictional background to yulu encounter dialogues -- Toward a conclusion: the Linji lu and the process of yulu formation.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Linji lu, or Record of Linji, ranks among the most famous and influential texts of the Chan and Zen traditions. Ostensibly containing the teachings of the Tang dynasty figure Linji Yixuan, the text has generally been accepted at face value, as reliable records of the teachings of this historical figure. In this book, Albert Welter offers the first systematic study of the Linji lu in a western language. Welter places the Linji lu in its historical context, showing how the text was manipulated over time by the Linji faction. Rather than recording the teachings of the illustrious patriarch of
• Titolo autorizzato: The Linji lu and the creation of Chan orthodoxy
• ISBN: 0-19-773996-2; 0-19-988705-5; 1-283-11325-2; 9786613113252; 0-19-804409-7; 1-4416-9547-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790081203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II