Zen Buddhism: India and ChinaUnparalleled in scope and detail, this classic history of Zen covers all important ideas and developments in the tradition from its beginnings in India through the Sung period in China. |
Contents
Foreword to the 1988 Edition | ix |
Linguistic Conventions | xv |
Note to the 2005 Edition by James W Heisig | xxv |
Beginnings and Roots in India | xlv |
Śākyamuni the Enlightened One | 3 |
The Yogic Element in Buddhism | 13 |
The Essentials of Mahāyāna | 27 |
The Mahāyāna Sūtras and Zen | 41 |
The Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch | 123 |
The Zen Movement after Huineng | 155 |
Characteristics of the Five Houses | 211 |
A Time of Maturation | 243 |
Developments in Culture and Society | 265 |
Epilogue | 297 |
The Northern School of Chinese Zen | 303 |
Abbreviations | 343 |
Preparations in Chinese Buddhism | 63 |
The Early Period BodhidharmaHistory and Legend | 85 |
The Split between the Northern and Southern Schools | 107 |
Chinese Characters | 349 |
Genealogical Tables | 365 |
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