Sudden and Gradual

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This volume examines the historical basis of the debate over sudden versus gradual approaches to enlightenment in Chinese Buddhism, seeing it as part of a recurrent polarity in Chinese history and thought. Sudden and Gradual includes essays by Luis O. Gómez on the philosophical implications of the debate in China and Tibet, Whalen Lai on Taodheng's theory of sudden enlightenment, Neal Donner on Chih-i's system of T'ien-t'ai, John R. McRae on Shen-Hui's sudden enlightenment and its precedents in Northern Ch'an, and Peter N. Gregory on Tsung-mi's theory of sudden enlightenment. (Source: Motilal Banarsidass)

Citation	Gregory, Peter N., ed. Sudden and Gradual: Approaches to Enlightenment in Chinese Thought. Buddhist Tradition Series 16. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1991. First published 1987 by University of Hawai'i Press. https://terebess.hu/zen/Sudden-and-Gradual-Enlightenment.pdf.

Forewordv
Acknowledgmentsix
Abbreviationsxi

Introduction1
- Peter N. Gregory
  - - - I . The Sudden and Gradual Debates

The M irror of the M ind 13 Paul D em ieville Sudden Illumination or Simultaneous Comprehension: Remarks on Chinese and Tibetan Terminology 41 R. A. Stein ' Purifying Gold: The M etaphor o f Effort and Intuition in Buddhist Thought and Practice 67 L uis 0 . G omez II. Sudden and Gradual Enlightenment in Chinese Buddhism Tao-sheng’s Theory of Sudden Enlightenment Re-examined 169 Whalen L a i Sudden and G radual Intimately Conjoined: C hih-i’s T ’ien-t’ai View 201 N eal D onner Shen-hui and the Teaching o f Sudden Enlightenment in Early C h’an Buddhism 227 J o h n R. M cR ae

Sudden Enlightenm ent Followed by G radual C u ltivation： T sung-m i’s Analysis o f M ind P eter N . G regory The “ Short-cut” Approach o f K 3an-hua M editation: The Evolution o f a Practical Subitism in Chinese C h ，an Buddhism R obert E . B u sw ell, J r. III. A nalogies in the C u ltu ral Sphere The Sudden and the G radual in Chinese Poetry C riticism : An Exam ination o f the C h ’an-Poetry Analogy R ich ard John Lynn Tung C h ’i-ch，ang，s ‘‘Southern and N orthern Schools，，in the H istory and Theory o f Painting: A Reconsideration Jam es C a h ill A fterw ord by Tu W ei-m ing 279 321 381 429 447 C ontributors Index 457 461