China Root: Taoism, Ch'an, and Original Zen

by David Hinton

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A beautifully compelling and liberating guide to the original nature of Zen in ancient China by renowned author and translator David Hinton.

Buddhism migrated from India to China in the first century C.E., and Ch'an (Japanese: Zen) is generally seen as China's most distinctive and enduring form of Buddhism. In China Root, however, David Hinton shows how Ch'an was in fact a Buddhist-influenced extension of Taoism, China's...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1611807131

ISBN13:9781611807134

Release Date:September 2020

Publisher:Shambhala

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"

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