Song of Enlightenment
Author : Xuanjue
Publisher : Dharma Realm Buddhist Association
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 13,16 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780881391008
Author : Xuanjue
Publisher : Dharma Realm Buddhist Association
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 13,16 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780881391008
Author : Morten Schlutter
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,63 MB
Release : 2010-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0824835085
How Zen Became Zen takes a novel approach to understanding one of the most crucial developments in Zen Buddhism: the dispute over the nature of enlightenment that erupted within the Chinese Chan (Zen) school in the twelfth century. The famous Linji (Rinzai) Chan master Dahui Zonggao (1089–1163) railed against "heretical silent illumination Chan" and strongly advocated kanhua (koan) meditation as an antidote. In this fascinating study, Morten Schlütter shows that Dahui’s target was the Caodong (Soto) Chan tradition that had been revived and reinvented in the early twelfth century, and that silent meditation was an approach to practice and enlightenment that originated within this "new" Chan tradition. Schlütter has written a refreshingly accessible account of the intricacies of the dispute, which is still reverberating through modern Zen in both Asia and the West. Dahui and his opponents’ arguments for their respective positions come across in this book in as earnest and relevant a manner as they must have seemed almost nine hundred years ago. Although much of the book is devoted to illuminating the doctrinal and soteriological issues behind the enlightenment dispute, Schlütter makes the case that the dispute must be understood in the context of government policies toward Buddhism, economic factors, and social changes. He analyzes the remarkable ascent of Chan during the first centuries of the Song dynasty, when it became the dominant form of elite monastic Buddhism, and demonstrates that secular educated elites came to control the critical transmission from master to disciple ("procreation" as Schlütter terms it) in the Chan School.
Author : Yung-Chia
Publisher : Empty Bowl Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 MB
Release : 2019-12-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781734187311
Poetry. Translated by Red Pine. For over a thousand years the SONG OF ENLIGHTENMENT has been one of the most popular texts in all of Eastern Asia.
Author : Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho
Publisher : Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,27 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN :
One of the most accessible introductions to Tibetan Buddhism ever published.
Author : Xuan jue (chan shi)
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 40,95 MB
Release :
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Author : Sengcan
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 43,33 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780740727252
"The Book of Nothing, " or "Hsin Hsin Ming, " was written in the sixth century by Sosan, the third Zen patriarch. Long cherished by seekers on the path as a study in spiritual perfection, it is presented here in a new translation that is both beautifully illustrated and highly readable.
Author : Chan Master Sheng Yen
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 40,61 MB
Release : 1999-01-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1570624003
Complete Enlightenment is the first authoritative translation and commentary on The Sutra of Complete Enlightenment, a central text that shaped the development of East Asian Buddhism and Ch'an (Chinese Zen). The text is set in the form of a transcription of discussions between the Buddha and the twelve enlightened beings(bodhisattvas), who question him on all aspects of spiritual practice. This new translation preserves all the liveliness and nuance of the text in the original Chinese. The sutra's ancient wisdom is brought to life by the commentaries of Master Sheng-yen, one of the most revered living Buddhist masters in the Ch'an lineage. This is truly a manual for the spiritual journey toward complete enlightenment, providing the key to the deep, poetic, and practical meanings of the scripture.
Author :
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,46 MB
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1611808227
A lyrical translation of an inspired selection of verses from the earliest Buddhist monks and nuns. More than two thousand years ago, the earliest disciples of the Buddha put into verse their experiences on the spiritual journey--from their daily struggles to their spiritual realizations. Over time the verses were collected to form the Theragatha and Therigatha, the "Verses of Elder Monks" and "Verses of Elder Nuns" respectively. In Songs of the Sons and Daughters of the Buddha, renowned poets Andrew Schelling and Anne Waldman have translated the most poignant poems in these collections, bringing forth the visceral, immediate qualities that are often lost in more scholarly renditions. These selections reveal the fears, loves, mishaps, expectations, and joys of the early monks and nuns, when, struck by wild insight, they cried out the anguish or solace they knew in their lives.
Author : Shengyan
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 21,63 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781556434280
The Sword of Wisdom is a penetrating commentary on the Song of Enlightenment, a famous Chan text that speaks of proper methods and attitudes for practice. In this book, compiled from a series of lectures delivered during intensive meditation retreats, Master Sheng-yen gives valuable advice and guidance to those who are practicing Chan meditation. His lucid words offer fresh insight into a timeless philosophy that will be beneficial and inspiring to anyone who is interested in Buddhism.
Author : Jiang Wu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 49,62 MB
Release : 2011-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0199895562
Enlightenment in Dispute is the first comprehensive study of the revival of Chan Buddhism in seventeenth-century China. Focusing on the evolution of a series of controversies about Chan enlightenment, Jiang Wu describes the process by which Chan reemerged as the most prominent Buddhist establishment of the time. He investigates the development of Chan Buddhism in the seventeenth century, focusing on controversies involving issues such as correct practice and lines of lineage. In this way, he shows how the Chan revival reshaped Chinese Buddhism in late imperial China. Situating these controversies alongside major events of the fateful Ming-Qing transition, Wu shows how the rise and fall of Chan Buddhism was conditioned by social changes in the seventeenth century.