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The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism

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The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism - Heine, Steven (Editor), and Wright, Dale S (Editor)
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Koans are enigmatic spiritual formulas used for religious training in the Zen Buddhist tradition. This innovative religious practice is one of the most distinctive elements of this tradition, which originated in medieval China and spread to Japan and Korea. Perhaps no dimension of Asian religions has attracted so much interest in the West, and its influence is apparent from beat poetry to deconstructive literary critisism. The essays collected in this volume, all previously unpublished, argue that our understanding of the ...

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The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism 2000, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780195117493

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The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism 2000, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780195117486

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