Ming Dong Gu

The Nature and Rationale of Zen/Chan and Enlightenment (eBook, ePUB)

The Mind of a Pre-Natal Baby

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book initiates a paradigm shift away from Zen/Chan as quintessentially Buddhist and examines what makes Chan thought and practice unique and original through an interdisciplinary investigation of the nature and rationale of Chan and its enlightenment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000916355
• Artikelnr.: 68109203

Autorenporträt

Ming Dong Gu is Katherine R. Cecil Professor in the School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology, the University of Texas at Dallas and Visiting Chair Professor of Humanities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His main research interest covers comparative poetics and thought. Recent publications include Fusion of Critical Horizons in Chinese and Western Language, Poetics, Aesthetics (Palgrave Macmillan 2021) and Why Traditional Chinese Philosophy Still Matters (Routledge, 2018).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: One Man's Journey to Zen
Chan Chapter 1: A Paradigm Shift for Zen
Chan Studies Chapter 2: Is Zen
Chan a Mysterium Ineffabile? Chapter 3: Is Zen
Chan a School of Buddhism? Chapter 4: What Is the Authentic Nature of Chan School? Chapter 5: Enlightenment as Momentary Return to Pre-Natal Mind Chapter 6: A Neuroscientific Approach to Zen
Chan and Enlightenment Chapter 7: What Makes Zen
Chan Thought Unique and Original? Chapter 8: Ideology, Mindfulness, and Transcultural Religion Conclusion: Zen
Chan Is the Dao
Tao of No Thinking