Poetry. Asian Studies. Translations from the Chinese by James Mitchell and Yulie Lou. This book describes the development of Zen Buddhism in Tang-period China, and it presents the recorded teachings of Shitou Xiqian, Yaoshan Weiyan and Yunyan Tansheng, collected from the Chinese canon. These three Buddhist masters were instrumental in the growth of the Cao-Dong School, one of the "Five Houses" of Chan, later introduced to Japan by Master Dogen Zenji in the 13th century as Soto Zen. The translations were made during James Mitchell's tenure as visiting professor at the Foreign Affairs Graduate College of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, with the indispensable assistance of Prof. Yulie Lou, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Beijing University, after a careful examination and comparison of the Song-period histories.
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The translations were made during James Mitchell's tenure as visiting professor at the Foreign Affairs Graduate College of the People's Republic of China, Beijing, with the indispensable assistance of Prof. Yulie Lou, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Beijing University, after a careful examination and comparison of the Song-period histories.
The prefatory essays and commentary were added by James Mitchell after independent study at the University of California, Berkeley. He has written several articles on Buddhist topics, and he began Buddhist practice at San Francisco Zen Center in 1969.
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the commentary is amateurish, no critical or comparative analysis, scant historycal perspective, boldfaced type annoying, no paralell chinese text, very disappointing all in all.
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The establishment of Soto zen during the 13th century by Dogen Zenji marks not only the beginning of a new school of Buddhism in Japan, but also the decline of its predecessor sect in China, called Cao-Dong School, (Caodong zong). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deng hui yuan, chan movement, chan histories, chan literature, chan schools, meditation hut, chan masters, memorial tower, southern school Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Shitou Xiqian, Sixth Patriarch, South Mountain, Dongshan Liangjie, Five Ranks, Hunan Province, Platform Sutra, Dadian Baotong, Five Houses, Shitou Xigian, South Peak Temple, Baizhang Huaihai, Guangdong Province, Caoshan Benji, Chinese Buddhism, Nanyue Huaizhang, Zhao Lun New!
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The establishment of Soto zen during the 13th century by Dogen Zenji marks not only the beginning of a new school of Buddhism in Japan, but also the decline of its predecessor sect in China, called Cao-Dong School, (Caodong zong). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
deng hui yuan, chan movement, chan histories, chan literature, chan schools, meditation hut, chan masters, memorial tower, southern school Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Shitou Xiqian, Sixth Patriarch, South Mountain, Dongshan Liangjie, Five Ranks, Hunan Province, Platform Sutra, Dadian Baotong, Five Houses, Shitou Xigian, South Peak Temple, Baizhang Huaihai, Guangdong Province, Caoshan Benji, Chinese Buddhism, Nanyue Huaizhang, Zhao Lun New!
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- Zen Dawn: Early Zen Texts from Tun Huang (Shambhala Dragon Editions) by J.C. Cleary on page 16, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Transmission of Light: Zen in the Art of Enlightenment by Zen Master Keizan on page 50, and Back Matter
- The Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan/Zen Buddhism by Bernard Faure on page 32, and Back Matter
- The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch by Hui-neng on page 15, and Back Matter
- Buddha Nature (SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies) by Sallie B. King in Back Matter
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