Zen Enlightenment: Origins And Meaning - Softcover

Dumoulin, Heinrich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0834801418 ISBN 13: 9780834801417

Publisher: Weatherhill, 1979

Synopsis

History and essence are tightly interwoven in Zen Buddhism. Zen Buddhists trace their school's way of enlightenment back to the terrains of India and the founder of the Buddhist religion, Shakyamuni. In Zen Enlightenment: Origins and Meaning , Heinrich Dumoulin explains how Mahayana Buddhism, originating in the spiritual legacy of India, met with Chinese Taoism, an encounter essential to the birth of Zen, the meditation school of Mahayana. And there, primarily through the activity of the great masters of the T'ang period (618–906), Zen acquired its distinctly Chinese character. Beautiful quotations from Chinese Zen literature and nuanced chronicles of contemporary Zen students, along with compilations of koans and sayings of the masters, add color and perspective to the fascinating picture we have of the early Chinese Zen movement.

About this title

About the Author:

Heinrich Dumoulin (1905–1995) was one of the world's leading scholars of Zen and the author of several books on Zen and Buddhism, including A History of Zen Buddhism, Buddhism in the Modern World, and Christianity Meets Buddhism. He was for many years Professor of Philosophy and History of Religions at Sophia University in Japan.

Language Notes:

Text: English, German (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Weatherhill
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0834801418
• ISBN 13: 9780834801417
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192