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Zen Buddhist ideas and practices in many ways are unique within the study of religion, and artists, poets and Buddhists practitioners worldwide have found inspiration from this tradition. Until recent years, representations of Zen Buddhism have focussed almost entirely on philosophical, historical or “spiritual” aspects. This book investigates the contemporary living reality of the largest Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhist group, Myōshinji. Drawing on textual studies and ethnographic fieldwork, Jørn Borup analyses how its practitioners use and understand their religion, how they practice their religiosity and how different kinds of Zen Buddhists (monks, nuns, priest, lay people) interact and define themselves within the religious organization. Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism portrays a living Zen Buddhism being both uniquely interesting and interestingly typical for common Buddhist and Japanese religiosity.
Myōshinji --- Rinzai (Sect) --- Buddhist sects --- Zen Buddhism --- Linji (Sect) --- Myōshinji (Kyoto, Japan) --- Myōshinji, Kyoto --- Kyoto (Japan). --- 妙心寺 (Kyoto, Japan) --- J1881.10 --- 294.3*96 --- 294.3*96 Zen-boeddhisme --- Zen-boeddhisme --- Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- Zen -- Rinzai --- Rinzai (Secte) --- Bouddhisme zen --- Rinzai (Sect). --- Myōshinji (Kyoto, Japan). --- Myoshinji (Kyoto, Japan)
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The tradition of Chan Buddhism-more popularly known as Zen-has been romanticized throughout its history. In this book, John R. McRae shows how modern critical techniques, supported by recent manuscript discoveries, make possible a more skeptical, accurate, and-ultimately-productive assessment of Chan lineages, teaching, fundraising practices, and social organization. Synthesizing twenty years of scholarship, Seeing through Zen offers new, accessible analytic models for the interpretation of Chan spiritual practices and religious history. Writing in a lucid and engaging style, McRae traces the emergence of this Chinese spiritual tradition and its early figureheads, Bodhidharma and the "sixth patriarch" Huineng, through the development of Zen dialogue and koans. In addition to constructing a central narrative for the doctrinal and social evolution of the school, Seeing through Zen examines the religious dynamics behind Chan's use of iconoclastic stories and myths of patriarchal succession. McRae argues that Chinese Chan is fundamentally genealogical, both in its self-understanding as a school of Buddhism and in the very design of its practices of spiritual cultivation. Furthermore, by forgoing the standard idealization of Zen spontaneity, we can gain new insight into the religious vitality of the school as it came to dominate the Chinese religious scene, providing a model for all of East Asia-and the modern world. Ultimately, this book aims to change how we think about Chinese Chan by providing new ways of looking at the tradition.
Zen Buddhism --- Spiritual life --- Life, Spiritual --- Religious life --- Spirituality --- History. --- S13A/0320 --- History --- China: Religion--Chinese Buddhism: Chan Buddhism (incl. texts) --- Bouddhisme zen --- Histoire --- China --- Chine --- Religion --- Zen Buddhism - China - History. --- asian studies. --- bodhidharma. --- buddhist doctrine. --- buddhist social organizations. --- buddhists. --- chan lineages. --- china. --- chinese chan buddhism. --- chinese philosophy. --- comparative religion. --- genealogy. --- huineng. --- koans. --- modern buddhism. --- nonfiction. --- religion and spirituality. --- religious criticism. --- religious historians. --- religious history. --- religious scholars. --- religious studies. --- sixth patriarch. --- spiritual encounters. --- spiritual tradition. --- transformation. --- zen teaching. --- zen.
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