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The Koan : Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism - Steven Heine

The Koan

Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism

By: Steven Heine (Editor), Dale S. Wright (Editor)

Paperback | 1 March 2000

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Koans are enigmatic spiritual formulas used for religious training in the Zen Buddhist tradition. This innovative religious practice is one of the most distinctive elements of this tradition, which originated in medieval China and spread to Japan and Korea. Perhaps no dimension of Asian religous has attracted so much interest in the West, and its influence is apparent from beat poetry to deconstructive literary critisism. The essays collected in this volume, all previously unpublished, argue that our understanding of the koan tradition has been severely limited. The authors try to undermine stereotypes and problematic interpretations by examining previously unrecognized factors in the formation of the tradition, and by highlighting the rich complexity and remarkable diversity of koan practice and literature.
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"Anyone who would spend words on koans had best absorb the knowledge demonstrated in this book first."--Journal of Chinese Religions "Those with a serious interest in the history of Zen Buddhism will find the essays collected here an invaluable resource. The koan, often subject of unwarranted mystification, is examined in a series of eleven substantial essays vy an international group of scholars."--Religious Studies Review "Anyone who would spend words on koans had best absorb the knowledge demonstrated in this book first."--Journal of Chinese Religions "...this volume is a must for serious students of Zen history, offering a range of new perspectives on koan Zen and the development of the Zen school in China and Japan while exposing many of the myths about these subjects that have accumulated over the years."--Zen Notes "Those with a serious interest in the history of Zen Buddhism will find the essays collected here an invaluable resource. The koan, often subject of unwarranted mystification, is examined in a series of eleven substantial essays vy an international group of scholars."--Religious Studies Review

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