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The Story of Chinese Zen

By Nan Huai Chin, trans. by Thomas Cleary. 258 pg., 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" paperback. The Story of Chinese Zen begins with the premise that the climate during Shakyamuni's founding of Buddhism in India ultimately influenced the differences behind Hinayana & Mahayana thought. From there­beginning with its transmission to China­Master Nan outlines the Zen school, exploring influences on the development of Zen before the early T'ang dynasty, different means of studying Zen & pursuing "the heart & goal of Zen." He explores the relationship between Zen and neo-Confucianism and the inseparability of religion and Zen from Chinese literature and philosophy, especially Taoism.


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