Early Ch'an in China and Tibet

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''Preface''
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'''Preface'''<br>
''Contributors''
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'''Contributors'''<br>
''Abbreviations''
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'''Abbreviations'''<br>
 
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''I. CHINA''
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'''I. CHINA'''
 
* a. ''State of Scholarship''
 
* a. ''State of Scholarship''
 
* {{i|New Japanese Studies in Early Ch'an History|1}}
 
* {{i|New Japanese Studies in Early Ch'an History|1}}
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Philip Yampolsky
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***Philip Yampolsky
 
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* b. Formative Period
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* b. ''Formative Period''
The Li-tai fa-pao chi and the Ch'an Doctrine of
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* {{i|The ''Li-tai fa-pao chi'' and the Ch'an Doctrine of Sudden Awakening|13}}
Sudden Awakening 13
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***Yanagida Seizan
Yanagida Seizan
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Seng-ch'ou's Method of Dhyana 51
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* {{i|Seng-ch'ou's Method of ''Dhyāna''|51}}
Jan Yiin-hua
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***Jan Yiin-hua
T'an-ch'ien and the Early Ch'an Tradition:
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Translation and Analysis of the Essay "Wangshih-fei-Iun" 65
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* {{i|T'an-ch'ien and the Early Ch'an Tradition: Translation and Analysis of the Essay "Wangshih-fei-Iun"|65}}
Whalen W. Lai
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***Whalen W. Lai
The Teachings of the Fourth Ch'an Patriarch
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Tao-hsin (580-651) 89
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* {{i|The Teachings of the Fourth Ch'an Patriarch Tao-hsin (580-651)|89}}
David W. Chappell
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***David W. Chappell
The Concept of Ii nien ("being free from thinking,,) in the Northern Line of Ch'an Buddhism 131
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Robert B.
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* {{i|The Concept of ''Ii nien'' ("being free from thinking") in the Northern Line of Ch'an Buddhism|131}}
Zeuschner
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***Robert B. Zeuschner
Early Hua-yen, Meditation, and Early Ch'an:
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Some Preliminary Considerations 149
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* {{i|Early Hua-yen, Meditation, and Early Ch'an: Some Preliminary<br>Considerations|149}}
Robert M. Gimello
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***Robert M. Gimello
The Early Ch'an Monastic Rule: Ch'ing-kuei
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and the Shaping of Ch'an Community Life 165
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* {{i|The Early Ch'an Monastic Rule: ''Ch'ing-kuei'' and the Shaping of Ch'an<br>Community Life|165}}
Martin Collcutt  
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c. The Developing Tradition
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The "Recorded Sayings" Texts of Chinese Ch'an
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* c. ''The Developing Tradition''
Buddhism" 185
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* {{i|The "Recorded Sayings" Texts of Chinese Ch'an Buddhism|185}}
Yanagida Seizan
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Lin-chi on "Language-Dependence," An Interpretive Analysis 207
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Ronald L. Burr
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* {{i|Lin-chi on "Language-Dependence," An Interpretive Analysis|207}}
Sinitic MaIJ.c;lalas: The Wu-wei-t'u of Ts'aoshan 229
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***Ronald L. Burr
Whalen W. Lai
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d. Interaction
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* {{i|Sinitic Mandalas: The ''Wu-wei-t'u'' of Ts'aoshan|229}}
The Ambiguity of the Buddha-nature Concept
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***Whalen W. Lai
in India and China 259
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Andrew Rawlinson .
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*d. ''Interaction''
The Problem of Desire and Emotions in Taoism
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* {{i|The Ambiguity of the Buddha-nature Concept in India and China|259}}
and Ch'an 281
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***Andrew Rawlinson
John Visvader and
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William C. Doub
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* {{i|The Problem of Desire and Emotions in Taoism and Ch'an|281}}
The Pure and the Impure: The Mencian Problematik in Chinese Buddhism 299
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***John Visvader and William C. Doub
Whalen W. Lai
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II. TIBET
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* {{i|The Pure and the Impure: The Mencian Problematik in Chinese Buddhism|299}}
a. State of Scholarship
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***Whalen W. Lai
The Study of Tibetan Ch'an Manuscripts Recovered from Tun-huang: A Review of the Field
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and its Prospects 327
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'''II. TIBET'''
Daishun Ueyama
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* a. ''State of Scholarship''
b. Tibetan Meditation Systems and Ch 'an
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* {{i|The Study of Tibetan Ch'an Manuscripts Recovered from Tun-huang: A Review<br>of the Field and its Prospects|327}}
'Meditation' Trends in Early Tibet 351
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***Daishun Ueyama
Herbert V. Guenther
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'The Great Perfection' in the Tradition of the
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* b. ''Tibetan Meditation Systems and Ch 'an''
Bonpos 367
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* {{i|'Meditation' Trends in Early Tibet|351}}
Per Kvaerne
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***Herbert V. Guenther
Indian Materials on the Doctrine of Sudden
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Enlightenment 393
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* {{i|'The Great Perfection' in the Tradition of the Bonpos|367}}
Luis O. Gomez
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***Per Kvaerne
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* {{i|Indian Materials on the Doctrine of Sudden Enlightenment|393}}
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***Luis O. Gomez
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'''Index'''
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Early Ch'an in China and Tibet
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Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism was popularized in the West by writers such as D.T. Suzuki and Alan Watts as a kind of 'romantic abstraction' outside of history. The papers in this volume, originally presented at a unique conference sponsored by U.C. Berkeley and the San Francisco Zen Center, go a long way towards revealing the complex historical development of Ch'an theory and practice both in China and Tibet.
      The papers on China reveal Ch' an not as a single line of transmission from Bodhidharma, but as a complex of contending and even hostile factions. Furthermore, the view which sees Ch'an as the sinicization of Buddhism through Taoism is questioned through an examination of the Taoism that was actually prevalent during the establishment of Ch' an in China.
      The papers on Tibet take us to the heart of the controversies surrounding the origins of Buddhism in that country, based on exciting research into the Tunhuang materials, the indigenous rDzogs-chen system, and the 'Sudden vs. Gradual Enlightenment' controversy.
      Of particular note in this volume is the inclusion of several translations of papers by noted Japanese scholars who have led the way in this type of research, made available to the Western reader for the first time. (Source: inside jacket)

Citation Lai, Whalen, and Lewis R. Lancaster, eds. Early Ch’an in China and Tibet. Berkeley Buddhist Studies Series 5. Berkeley, CA: Asian Humanities Press, 1983.