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

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

by Bernard Faure (Author)

Synopsis

Guides Western readers in appreciating some of the more elusive aspects of the Chinese tradition of Chan Buddhism and its outgrowth, Japanese Zen. This title focuses on Chan's insistence on 'immediacy' - its denial of all traditional mediations, including scripture, ritual, good works.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 04 Dec 1994

ISBN 10: 9780691029
ISBN 13: 9780691029634