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Essays in Zen Buddhism, Third Series

Essays in Zen Buddhism, Third Series

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In this book the author has tried to trace the relationship which exists between Zen and the two chief Mahayana Sutras the Gandavyuha and Prajnaparamita, and then the transformation, through which Indian Buddhism had to go while adapting itself to Chinese psychology. The Chinese are a practical people quite different from the Indian, who are highly endowed with the power of abstraction as well as an inexhaustible mine of imagination. It was natural that the Mahayana teachings had to be transformed as to make them appreciated by the Chinese. This meant that the Gandavyuha and Prajnaparamita were to be transformed into Zen dialogues. (source: publisher)
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
1971-01-01
Publisher:
Samuel Weiser
Languages:
Published: English
ISBN10:
0090484428
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