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The Rhetoric of Immediacy

By Bernard Faure, Claire Douglas

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| Paperback | 9780691029634

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Exploring key concepts and metaphors, Bernard Faure guides readers to an appreciation of some of the more elusive aspects of the Chinese traditions of Chan Buddhism and Japanese Zen. Faure focuses on Chan's insistence on "immediacy"--its denial of all traditional meditations, including scripture, riContinue

Exploring key concepts and metaphors, Bernard Faure guides readers to an appreciation of some of the more elusive aspects of the Chinese traditions of Chan Buddhism and Japanese Zen. Faure focuses on Chan's insistence on "immediacy"--its denial of all traditional meditations, including scripture, ritual, good works--and yet shows how these mediations have always been present in Chan.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 416 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0691029636
  • ISBN-13: 9780691029634
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Pub date: Nov 14, 1994
  • Dimensions: 1484 mm x 968 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
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