The Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan/Zen Buddhism

by Bernard Faure

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Through a highly sensitive exploration of key concepts and metaphors, Bernard Faure guides Western readers in appreciating some of the more elusive aspects of the Chinese tradition of Chan Buddhism and its outgrowth, Japanese Zen. He focuses on Chan's insistence on "immediacy"--its denial of all traditional mediations, including scripture, ritual, good works--and yet shows how these mediations have always been present in Chan. Given this apparent...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691029636

ISBN13:9780691029634

Release Date:November 1994

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:416 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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Buddhism Humanities Philosophy Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies

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