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Xuedou's 100 Odes to Old Cases
- A Translation with Commentary
Engelsk Paperback
Xuedou's 100 Odes to Old Cases
- A Translation with Commentary
Engelsk Paperback

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Xuedou''s 100 Odes to Old Cases is recognized as the seminal discourse in Chan Buddhism, one that has exerted significant influence on the way stories of former teachers (guze) have been appreciated and appropriated for the past thousand years. In this volume, Steven Heine offers a much-needed translation of this pivotal work along with extensive background and commentary. Heine brings important perspective to a 1000-year old text that became the basis for the Blue Cliff Record, which continues to have a profound impact on the overall legacy of East Asian Buddhist intellectual history and religious literature. Xuedou''s verses reflect the author''s unique capacity for taming through elegance the undisciplined and deluded minds of followers struggling with self-imposed obstacles to discern reality and thereby discover inner peace. Xuedou cites multiple Chan sources, uses irregular meter to disrupt the reader''s expectations, and evokes unusual allusions to Chinese lore while often interjecting personal comments or lyrical imagery that goes beyond a reliance on doctrine. Xuedou''s work is timeless, informative, and extremely influential. Heine offers us a glimpse into his mind and work, as we are taken back in time to the birth of the most essential aesthetic qualities of Chan and Zen Buddhist discourse.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
288
ISBN-13:
9780197676998
Indbinding:
Paperback
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ISBN-10:
0197676995
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Udg. Dato:
26 feb 2024
Længde:
20mm
Bredde:
235mm
Højde:
156mm
Forlag:
Oxford University Press Inc
Oplagsdato:
26 feb 2024
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