Chan Buddhism in Ritual Contexts (Routledgecurzon Studies in Asian Religion)
Chan Buddhism in Ritual Contexts (Routledgecurzon Studies in Asian Religion)
ISBN: 9780415297486
出版社: RoutledgeCurzon
出版年: 2003-08-22
页数: 336
定价: USD 190.00
装帧: Hardcover
内容简介
The essays in this volume attempt to place the Chan and Zen tradition in their ritual and cultural contexts, looking at various aspects heretofore largely (and unduly) ignored. In particular, they show the extent to which these traditions, despite their claim to uniqueness, were indebted to larger trends in East Asian Buddhism, such as the cults of icons, relics and the monastic robe. The book emphasises the importance of ritual for a proper understanding of this allegedly anti-ritualistic form of Buddhism. In doing so, it deconstructs the Chan/Zen 'rhetoric of immediacy' and its ideological underpinnings.