1st Edition
Reimagining Chan Buddhism Sheng Yen and the Creation of the Dharma Drum Lineage of Chan
By Jimmy Yu
Copyright 2022
226 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
226 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
226 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book is the first socio-intellectual history of the Dharma Drum Lineage of Chan (Zen), a new lineage of Buddhism founded by the late Chinese Buddhist cleric, Sheng Yen (1931–2009)—arguably one of the most influential Chan masters in contemporary times.
The book challenges the received academic and popular image of Chan Buddhism as a meditation school that bypasses scriptural learning.... Read more
Introduction: Biography, History, and Positionality
1. A Life of Contingencies and Crises
2. An Imagined Orthodoxy
3. Chan as the Doctrinal Culmination of the Han Transmission of Chinese Buddhism
4. Chan as the Experiential Fulfillment of the Han Transmission of Chinese Buddhism
Conclusion
Biography
Jimmy Yu is Associate Professor of Chinese Buddhism and Religions in the Department of Religion, Florida State University, USA.
