Fathering your father: the Zen of fabrication in Tang Buddhism

Name: Fathering your father: the Zen of fabrication in Tang Buddhism
Author: Alan Cole

Author

Alan Cole

Publisher

University of California Press

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Title and Author

Fathering your father: the Zen of fabrication in Tang Buddhism / Alan Cole

Publication Details

برکلی : University of California Press، 2009م

Physical Description

xix, 340 p.; 23 cm.

Subject

Zen Buddhism -- China History

Language

انگلیسی

Notes

A Philip E. Lilienthal book--Prelim. p.

Includes bibliographical references )p. 323-033( and index.

Contents

Healthy skepticism, and a field theory for the emergence of Chan literature -- The state of enlightenment: the empire of truth in Zhiyi's legacy and Xinxing's sect of the three levels -- Owning it: Shaolin monastery's in-house Buddha -- The future of an illusion: Du Fei hijacks Shaolin's truth-fathers -- My life as a Buddha: Jingjue's version of the truth-fathers -- Shenhui's "stop thief" bid to be the seventh son -- Conclusion: Assessing the hole at the beginning of it all

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