The Record of Linji: A New Translation Of The Linjilu In The Light Of Ten Japanese Zen Commentaries

Jeffrey L. Broughton

ISBN 10: 0199936439 / ISBN 13: 9780199936434

Published by Oxford University Press, Usa 2012-12-11, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Record of Linji: A New Translation Of The Linjilu In The Light Of Ten Japanese Zen Commentaries
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Usa 2012-12-11
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199936439
• ISBN 13: 9780199936434
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Linjilu (Record of Linji or LJL) is one of the foundational texts of Chan/Zen Buddhist literature, and an accomplished work of baihua (vernacular) literature. This bracing new translation transmits the LJL's living expression of Zen's "personal realization of the meaning beyond words," as interpreted by ten commentaries produced by Japanese Zen monks, over a span of over four centuries, ranging from the late 1300s, when Five-Mountains Zen flourished in Kyoto and Kamakura, through the early 1700s, an age of thriving interest in the LJL.

About the Author

Jeffrey L. Broughton is Professor of Religious Studies at California State University, Long Beach.