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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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* b. ''Formative Period''
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* {{i|The ''Li-tai fa-pao chi'' and the Ch'an Doctrine of Sudden Awakening|13}}
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***Yanagida Seizan
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* {{i|Seng-ch'ou's Method of ''Dhyāna''|51}}
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***Jan Yiin-hua
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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}}
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***Whalen W. Lai
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* {{i|The Teachings of the Fourth Ch'an Patriarch Tao-hsin (580-651)|89}}
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***David W. Chappell
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* {{i|The Concept of ''Ii nien'' ("being free from thinking") in the Northern Line of Ch'an Buddhism|131}}
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***Robert B. Zeuschner
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* {{i|Early Hua-yen, Meditation, and Early Ch'an: Some Preliminary<br>Considerations|149}}
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***Robert M. Gimello
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* {{i|The Early Ch'an Monastic Rule: ''Ch'ing-kuei'' and the Shaping of Ch'an<br>Community Life|165}}
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***Martin Collcutt
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* c. ''The Developing Tradition''
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* {{i|The "Recorded Sayings" Texts of Chinese Ch'an Buddhism|185}}
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***Yanagida Seizan
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* {{i|Lin-chi on "Language-Dependence," An Interpretive Analysis|207}}
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***Ronald L. Burr
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* {{i|Sinitic Mandalas: The ''Wu-wei-t'u'' of Ts'aoshan|229}}
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***Whalen W. Lai
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*d. ''Interaction''
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* {{i|The Ambiguity of the Buddha-nature Concept in India and China|259}}
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***Andrew Rawlinson
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* {{i|The Problem of Desire and Emotions in Taoism and Ch'an|281}}
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***John Visvader and William C. Doub
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* {{i|The Pure and the Impure: The Mencian Problematik in Chinese Buddhism|299}}
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***Whalen W. Lai
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'''II. TIBET'''
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* a. ''State of Scholarship''
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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}}
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***Daishun Ueyama
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* b. ''Tibetan Meditation Systems and Ch 'an''
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* {{i|'Meditation' Trends in Early Tibet|351}}
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***Herbert V. Guenther
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* {{i|'The Great Perfection' in the Tradition of the Bonpos|367}}
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***Per Kvaerne
 
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* b. Formative Period
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* {{i|Indian Materials on the Doctrine of Sudden Enlightenment|393}}
{{i|The Li-tai fa-pao chi and the Ch'an Doctrine of Sudden Awakening|13}}
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***Luis O. Gomez
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yanagida Seizan
 
 
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* {{i|Seng-ch'ou's Method of Dhyana|51}}
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'''Index'''
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jan Yiin-hua
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T'an-ch'ien and the Early Ch'an Tradition:
 
Translation and Analysis of the Essay "Wangshih-fei-Iun" 65
 
Whalen W. Lai
 
The Teachings of the Fourth Ch'an Patriarch
 
Tao-hsin (580-651) 89
 
David W. Chappell
 
The Concept of Ii nien ("being free from thinking,,) in the Northern Line of Ch'an Buddhism 131
 
Robert B.
 
Zeuschner
 
Early Hua-yen, Meditation, and Early Ch'an:
 
Some Preliminary Considerations 149
 
Robert M. Gimello
 
The Early Ch'an Monastic Rule: Ch'ing-kuei
 
and the Shaping of Ch'an Community Life 165
 
Martin Collcutt
 
c. The Developing Tradition
 
The "Recorded Sayings" Texts of Chinese Ch'an
 
Buddhism" 185
 
Yanagida Seizan
 
Lin-chi on "Language-Dependence," An Interpretive Analysis 207
 
Ronald L. Burr
 
Sinitic MaIJ.c;lalas: The Wu-wei-t'u of Ts'aoshan 229
 
Whalen W. Lai
 
d. Interaction
 
The Ambiguity of the Buddha-nature Concept
 
in India and China 259
 
Andrew Rawlinson .
 
The Problem of Desire and Emotions in Taoism
 
and Ch'an 281
 
John Visvader and
 
William C. Doub
 
The Pure and the Impure: The Mencian Problematik in Chinese Buddhism 299
 
Whalen W. Lai
 
II. TIBET
 
a. State of Scholarship
 
The Study of Tibetan Ch'an Manuscripts Recovered from Tun-huang: A Review of the Field
 
and its Prospects 327
 
Daishun Ueyama
 
b. Tibetan Meditation Systems and Ch 'an
 
'Meditation' Trends in Early Tibet 351
 
Herbert V. Guenther
 
'The Great Perfection' in the Tradition of the
 
Bonpos 367
 
Per Kvaerne
 
Indian Materials on the Doctrine of Sudden
 
Enlightenment 393
 
Luis O. Gomez
 
 
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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.