The Chan whip anthology : a companion to Zen practice
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The Chan whip anthology : a companion to Zen practice
Oxford University Press, c2015
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禪關策進
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-204) and index
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: cloth ISBN 9780190200718
Description
Jeffrey L. Broughton offers an annotated translation of the Whip for Spurring Students Onward Through the Chan Barrier Checkpoints, which he abbreviates to Chan Whip. This anthology is a classic of Chan (Zen) Buddhism that has served as a Chan handbook in both China and Japan since its publication in 1600. It is a compendium of extracts, over eighty percent of which are drawn from an enormous Chan corpus dating from the late 800s to about 1600-a
survey that covers most of the history of Chan literature. The rest of the text consists of complementary extracts from Buddhist sutras and treatises. The extracts, many of which are accompanied by Yunqui Zhuhong's comments, deliberately eschew abstract discussions of theory in favor of sermons, exhortations, sayings,
autobiographical narratives, letters, and anecdotal sketches dealing frankly and compassionately with the concrete experiences of lived practice.
While there are a number of publications in English on Zen practice, none contain the vivid descriptions found within the Chan Whip. This translation thus fills a large gap in the English-language literature on Chan, and by including the original Chinese text as well Broughton has produced an invaluable tool for scholars and practitioners alike.
Table of Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Whip for Spurring Students Onward Through the Chan Barrier Checkpoints
- Preface to Whip for Spurring Students Onward Through the Chan Barrier Checkpoints
- Front Collection: The First Gate
- Front Collection: The Second Gate
- Back Collection: Single Gate
- Chinese Text of Changuan cejin
- Bibliography
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: pbk. ISBN 9780190200725
Description
Jeffrey L. Broughton offers an annotated translation of the Whip for Spurring Students Onward Through the Chan Barrier Checkpoints (Changuan cejin), which he abbreviates to Chan Whip. This anthology, compiled by Yunqi Zhuhong (1535-1615), has served as a Chan handbook in both China and Japan since its publication in 1600. To characterize the Chan Whip as late Ming Chan is inaccuratein fact, it is a survey of virtually the entirety of Chan
literature, running from the late 800s (Tang dynasty) to about 1600 (late Ming). The Chan extracts, the bulk of the book, are followed by a short section of extracts from Buddhist canonical works (showing Zhuhongs adherence to the convergence of Chan and the teachings). The Chan extracts deliberately eschew abstract discussions
of theory in favor of autobiographical narratives, anecdotal sketches, exhortations, sermons, sayings, and letters that deal very franklysometimes humorouslywith the concrete ups and downs of lived practice.
Recent decades have seen the publication in English of a number of handbooks on Zen practice by contemporary East Asian masters. The Chan Whip, though 400 years old, is as invaluable to todays practitioners as these modern works. The scholarly literature on Chan until now has focused on the Tang and Song dynastiesby giving us in addition the sayings of Yuan- and Ming-dynasty masters this translation fills a gap in that literature.
Table of Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Whip for Spurring Students Onward Through the Chan Barrier Checkpoints
- Preface to Whip for Spurring Students Onward Through the Chan Barrier Checkpoints
- Front Collection: The First Gate
- Front Collection: The Second Gate
- Back Collection: Single Gate
- Chinese Text of Changuan cejin
- Bibliography
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