RT Book
T1 The recorded sayings of Chan Master Zhongfeng Mingben
A1 Broughton, Jeffrey L. 1944-
A2 Mingben, Shi 1263-1323
A2 Watanabe, Elise Yoko
LA English
LA Chinese
PP New York, NY
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1847608043
AB "This book provides an introduction (from the perspective of Chan/Zen Studies) to the teachings of the key figure of Yuan-dynasty Chan: Zhongfeng Mingben. Zhongfeng was a leading student of Gaofeng Yuanmiao. At Gaofeng's death, Zhongfeng left the mountain and for many years resided in various small mountain hermitages (often called "Dwelling-in-the-Phantasmal Hermitages"). On occasion, he chose to live on a houseboat. He drew students from all over East Asia: Yunnan, Turfan, Mongol officials; Koreans, Japanese, and so forth. The primary focus is on illustrating Zhongfeng's Chan style via translation of selected works in his Chan records. The texts selected from his Chan records include the standard genres instructions to the assembly and dharma talks; the miscellany Night Conversations in a Mountain Hermitage (which covers such topics as the nature of the huatou; the relationship between the bodhisattva stages and Chan; numinous knowing versus false knowing, and so forth); one-hundred poems in imitation of the well-known collection Hanshan's Poems (Poems of Cold Mountain); admonitions on cross-legged sitting Chan, and so forth. Zhongfeng's wider social world, cultural context, and idiosyncratic calligraphy are addressed only in passing"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BQ9258
SN 9780197672976
K1 Mingben : Shi : 1263-1323
K1 Zen Buddhism : Early works to 1800