The tradition of Chan Buddhism - more popularly known as Zen - has been romanticized throughout its history. In this book, John R. McRae shows how modern critical techniques, supported by recent manuscript discoveries, make possible a more skeptical, accurate, and - ultimately - productive assessment of Chan lineages, teaching, fundraising practices, and social organization. Synthesizing twenty years of scholarship, "Seeing Through Zen" offers new, accessible analytic models for the interpretation of Chan spiritual practices and religious history. Writing in a lucid and engaging style, McRae traces the emergence of this Chinese spiritual tradition and its early figureheads, Bodhidharma and the 'sixth patriarch' Huineng, through the development of Zen dialogue and koans. In addition to constructing a central narrative for the doctrinal and social evolution of the school, "Seeing Through Zen" examines the religious dynamics behind Chan's use of iconoclastic stories and myths of patriarchal succession. McRae argues that Chinese Chan is fundamentally genealogical, both in its self-understanding as a school of Buddhism and in the very design of its practices of spiritual cultivation. Furthermore, by forgoing the standard idealization of Zen spontaneity, we can gain new insight into the religious vitality of the school as it came to dominate the Chinese religious scene, providing a model for all of East Asia - and the modern world. Ultimately, this book aims to change how we think about Chinese Chan by providing new ways of looking at the tradition.
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如果说禅宗给佛教带来的是叠层式的文学构架和历史建造，那么禅的研究则站在了要将其建构过程解构的对立面。开篇，Mcrae就列举了他创造的四条定律来指导他的解构研究： McRae’s Rules of Zen Studies: 1. It’s not true, and therefore it’s more important. 2. Lineage ass...
评分如果说禅宗给佛教带来的是叠层式的文学构架和历史建造，那么禅的研究则站在了要将其建构过程解构的对立面。开篇，Mcrae就列举了他创造的四条定律来指导他的解构研究： McRae’s Rules of Zen Studies: 1. It’s not true, and therefore it’s more important. 2. Lineage ass...
评分如果说禅宗给佛教带来的是叠层式的文学构架和历史建造，那么禅的研究则站在了要将其建构过程解构的对立面。开篇，Mcrae就列举了他创造的四条定律来指导他的解构研究： McRae’s Rules of Zen Studies: 1. It’s not true, and therefore it’s more important. 2. Lineage ass...
评分如果说禅宗给佛教带来的是叠层式的文学构架和历史建造，那么禅的研究则站在了要将其建构过程解构的对立面。开篇，Mcrae就列举了他创造的四条定律来指导他的解构研究： McRae’s Rules of Zen Studies: 1. It’s not true, and therefore it’s more important. 2. Lineage ass...
评分如果说禅宗给佛教带来的是叠层式的文学构架和历史建造，那么禅的研究则站在了要将其建构过程解构的对立面。开篇，Mcrae就列举了他创造的四条定律来指导他的解构研究： McRae’s Rules of Zen Studies: 1. It’s not true, and therefore it’s more important. 2. Lineage ass...
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一本活泼易读的early禅宗史，从Boddhidharma 到宋大慧宗杲，McRae解释了禅宗“历史”的堆积形成。有时候重要的并不是事实是如何，而是人们究竟是基于怎样的需要在怎样的语境下再创造了历史。
评分很有洞见！！！！禅宗课的阅读材料，作者真是聪明！
评分这个作者总是一种很自负的口气，可能是看不惯西方“zen”泛滥现象，很有趣。感觉这么具有鲜活形象的作者竟然已经去世好几年，有点感慨。
评分很有洞见！！！！禅宗课的阅读材料，作者真是聪明！
评分很有洞见！！！！禅宗课的阅读材料，作者真是聪明！
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