Opening a mountain : kōans of the Zen Masters / / Steven Heine

• Autore: Heine Steven <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 200 pages) : map
• Disciplina: 294.3/927
• Soggetto topico: Zen Buddhism; Koan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. xi) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Sources; Preface; INTRODUCTION: What Are Koans?; Sticks and Stones, but It's No-Names That Hurt; On the Conventional Understanding of Koans; Marvelous and Ritual Elements in Koans; The Case of Chü-chih Cutting Off a Finger; The Mythological Background of Koan Literature; Zen Masters and Their Mountains; Koan Themes and Sources; Themes; Sources; On Reading Koans; 1. SURVEYING MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPES; Northern and Ox Head Schools; I. Yüan-kuei Subdues the Mountain God; 2. Tao-shu and the Trickster; 3. Master Chiang-mo, Subjugator of Demons; 4. Does Niu-t'ou Need the Flowers? ; Southern School 5. Pai-chang Meditates On Ta-hsiung Peak; 6. Kuei-shan Kicks Over the Water Pitcher; 7. Te-shan Carrying His Bundle; 8. Nan-ch'üan Sweeping On a Mountain; 9. Hsüan-sha's ""One Luminous Pearl""; Tung-shan's Mountain; 10. Tung-shan's ""Two Clay Oxen Enter the Sea""; 11. Yün-yen's ""Non-Sentient Beings Can Hear It""; 12. Yün-chü Wandering the Mountains; Mount Wu-t'ai; 13. ""Iron Grindstone"" Liu Goes to Mount Wu-t'ai; 14. Manjusri's ""Three by Three""; 15. Pi-mo's ""You Shall Die from My Pitchfork""; 2. CONTESTING WITH IRREGULAR RIVALS; Hermits, Wizards, and Other Masters ; 16. P'u-hua Kicks Over the Dining Table 17. The Tripitaka Monk Claims to Read Others' Minds; 18. A Hermit's ""The Mountain Torrent Runs Deep, So the Ladle Is Long""; 19. Chao-chou Checks Out Two Hermits; 20. Hsüeh-feng's ""What Is This?""; 21. Jui-yen Calls Out to Himself, ""Master""; 22. Ti-tsang Planting the Fields; Dangerous Women: Zen ""Grannies"" and Nuns; 23. Chao-chou Checks Out an Old Woman; 24. Te-shan and the Woman Selling Rice Cakes; 25. Mo-shan Opens Her Mouth; 26. Chao-chou Recites the Sutras; 3. ENCOUNTERING SUPERNATURAL FORCES; Trance, Visions, and Dreams ; 27. A Woman Comes Out of Absorption 28. Huang-po's ""Gobblers of Dregs""; 29. Sermon from the Third Seat; 30. Kuei-shan Turns His Face to the Wall; Spirits, Gods, and Bodhisattvas; 31. P'u-chi Subdues the Hearth God; 32. Nan-ch'üan Is Greeted by the Earth-Deity; 33. The Tea Ceremony at Chao-ch'ing; 34. Hu-kuo's Three Embarrassments; 35. Yün-chü and the Spirits; 36. The World Honored One Ascends the High Seat; Magical Animals; 37. A Snake Appears in the Relic Box; 38. Pai-chang and the Wild Fox; 39. Ta-kuang Does a Dance; 40. Hsüeh-feng and the Turtle-Nosed Snake ; 4. WIELDING SYMBOLS OF AUTHORITY AND TRANSMISSION Symbols of Authority; 41. Chih-men's ""I Have This Power""; 42. Yün-men's Staff Changes into a Dragon; 43. Kan-feng's Single Route; 44. The Hermit of Lotus Flower Peak Holds Up His Staff; 45. Ch'ing-yüan Raises His Fly-Whisk; Transmission Symbols; 46. Hui-neng's Immovable Robe; 47. Tung-shan Makes Offerings Before the Image; 48. Prime Minister P'ei-hsiu Replies, ""Yes""; 49. Yang-shan's ""Just About Enough""; 5. CONFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES Giving Life and Controlling Death; Repentance and Self-Mutilation; 50. Chih-yen Converts a Hunter; 51. Chü-chih's One Finger Zen
• Sommario/riassunto: The koans in this text tell of charismatic early Zen masters who sought to demonstrate their spiritual authority by establishing new temples - a process known in the tradition as Opening a Mountain.
• Titolo autorizzato: Opening a mountain
• ISBN: 0-19-517434-8; 1-280-47343-6; 0-19-803104-1; 0-19-530237-0; 9786610473434
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792242203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II