| Description |
1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Studies in Asian Religion Series |
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Routledge Studies in Asian Religion Series
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| Contents |
Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: One Man's Journey to Zen/Chan -- A Personal Encounter with Chan -- A New Orientation in Chan Studies -- An Overview of the Book -- A Caveat -- Notes -- Chapter 1: A Paradigm Shift for Zen/Chan Studies -- State of the Zen/Chan Field -- Challenges and Orientations -- Assumptions and Approaches -- Hypothesis and Thesis -- Point of Departure -- For a Paradigm Shift in Chan and Enlightenment Studies -- Notes |
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Epistemology: Prajna (Acquired Knowledge) Versus Wu (Self Knowledge) -- Methodology: Salvation by Others Versus Salvation by Oneself -- Ultimate Aims in Practice: Nirvana Versus Satori -- Chan: An Independent School of Thought and Religion -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Chapter 4: What Is the Authentic Nature of the Chan School? -- Huineng's Independent Founding of Chinese Chan -- Zen/Chan and Three Schools of Thought in China -- Confucian in Skin and Flesh -- Buddhist in Bones and Skeleton -- Daoist in Heart and Soul -- Conclusion: Three Schools of Thought Converge on Chan -- Notes |
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Chapter 5: Enlightenment as Momentary Return to Prenatal Mind -- Chan and the Anxiety of Living -- "Desire" and the Four Noble Truths -- The Birth of Desire and Nirvana -- Enlightenment and Cosmic Unconscious -- The Nature of Chan Enlightenment -- Conclusion: Momentary Return of the Cosmic Unconscious -- Notes -- Chapter 6: A Neuroscientific Approach to Zen/Chan and Enlightenment -- Strengths and Weaknesses of Neuroscientific Research -- Chan Thought and Practice Naturalized -- Early Neuroscientific Investigation of Chan -- Contemporary Neuroscientific Studies of Chan |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Chan's Pragmatic Reason and Quasi-scientific Logic |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000916355 |
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1000916359 |
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