| Description |
x, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
SUNY series in religious studies |
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SUNY series in religious studies.
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| Contents |
Part 1: Faith -- The primacy of faith in Buddhism -- Patriarchal faith and doctrinal faith -- Buddha-nature and Patriarchal faith -- Essence-function versus subject-object constructions -- Nonbacksliding faith and backsliding faith -- The two truths and skill-in-means -- Part 2: Practice -- The unity of faith and enlightenment in practice -- Bodhidharma's wall meditation -- Questioning meditation and the dynamics of faith -- Practice in the Treatise on awakening Mahāyāna faith -- Faith and practice in pure land Buddhism -- Faith as the practice of compassion -- Part 3: Enlightenment -- Sudden enlightenment and gradual practice -- Faith and enlightenment in the Hua-yen Sutrā -- Kkaechʹim: the experience of brokenness -- Revolution of the basis -- The three gates |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 169-204 |
| Subject |
Enlightenment (Zen Buddhism)
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Faith (Buddhism)
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| LC no. |
82010459 |
| ISBN |
0873956737 |
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0873956745 (paperback) |
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