The tradition of Chan Buddhism - more popularly known as Zen - has been romanticized throughout its history. In this book, John R. McRae shows how modern critical techniques, supported by recent manuscript discoveries, make possible a more skeptical, accurate, and - ultimately - productive assessment of Chan lineages, teaching, fundraising practices, and social organization. Synthesizing twenty years of scholarship, "Seeing Through Zen" offers new, accessible analytic models for the interpretation of Chan spiritual practices and religious history. Writing in a lucid and engaging style, McRae traces the emergence of this Chinese spiritual tradition and its early figureheads, Bodhidharma and the 'sixth patriarch' Huineng, through the development of Zen dialogue and koans. In addition to constructing a central narrative for the doctrinal and social evolution of the school, "Seeing Through Zen" examines the religious dynamics behind Chan's use of iconoclastic stories and myths of patriarchal succession. McRae argues that Chinese Chan is fundamentally genealogical, both in its self-understanding as a school of Buddhism and in the very design of its practices of spiritual cultivation. Furthermore, by forgoing the standard idealization of Zen spontaneity, we can gain new insight into the religious vitality of the school as it came to dominate the Chinese religious scene, providing a model for all of East Asia - and the modern world. Ultimately, this book aims to change how we think about Chinese Chan by providing new ways of looking at the tradition.
發表於2025-01-27
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如果說禪宗給佛教帶來的是疊層式的文學構架和曆史建造,那麼禪的研究則站在瞭要將其建構過程解構的對立麵。開篇,Mcrae就列舉瞭他創造的四條定律來指導他的解構研究: McRae’s Rules of Zen Studies: 1. It’s not true, and therefore it’s more important. 2. Lineage ass...
評分如果說禪宗給佛教帶來的是疊層式的文學構架和曆史建造,那麼禪的研究則站在瞭要將其建構過程解構的對立麵。開篇,Mcrae就列舉瞭他創造的四條定律來指導他的解構研究: McRae’s Rules of Zen Studies: 1. It’s not true, and therefore it’s more important. 2. Lineage ass...
評分如果說禪宗給佛教帶來的是疊層式的文學構架和曆史建造,那麼禪的研究則站在瞭要將其建構過程解構的對立麵。開篇,Mcrae就列舉瞭他創造的四條定律來指導他的解構研究: McRae’s Rules of Zen Studies: 1. It’s not true, and therefore it’s more important. 2. Lineage ass...
評分如果說禪宗給佛教帶來的是疊層式的文學構架和曆史建造,那麼禪的研究則站在瞭要將其建構過程解構的對立麵。開篇,Mcrae就列舉瞭他創造的四條定律來指導他的解構研究: McRae’s Rules of Zen Studies: 1. It’s not true, and therefore it’s more important. 2. Lineage ass...
評分如果說禪宗給佛教帶來的是疊層式的文學構架和曆史建造,那麼禪的研究則站在瞭要將其建構過程解構的對立麵。開篇,Mcrae就列舉瞭他創造的四條定律來指導他的解構研究: McRae’s Rules of Zen Studies: 1. It’s not true, and therefore it’s more important. 2. Lineage ass...
圖書標籤: 佛教 宗教 禪宗 Zen 中國佛教 海外佛教研究 29宗教 10
real insight, genuine attitude, great scholarship, but seems a little bit too subjective and "artificial"
評分很有洞見!!!!禪宗課的閱讀材料,作者真是聰明!
評分real insight, genuine attitude, great scholarship, but seems a little bit too subjective and "artificial"
評分McRae's really funny.
評分資歷越豐富呢,就越敢放開講,越拿腔拿調。吸睛觀點啟發確實多,但上來就摔齣“我的規定”n條之類,就差打讀者小屁屁瞭。一般方法問題搞得太高調,會導緻終究無法落實在每個細處,比如一開始批判不能以“英雄人物”來把握歷史,分析中還是用唐宋祖師等人物。宋代部分點齣的大方嚮是準的,但是有些浮,顯然研究還太初步
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