The Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan / Zen Buddhism - Bernard Faure - Books - Princeton University Press - 9780691029634 - December 4, 1994
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The Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan / Zen Buddhism

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Guides Western readers in appreciating some of the more elusive aspects of the Chinese tradition of Chan Buddhism and its outgrowth, Japanese Zen. This title focuses on Chan's insistence on 'immediacy' - its denial of all traditional mediations, including scripture, ritual, good works.


416 pages, 5 halftones 4 line drawings

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released December 4, 1994
ISBN13 9780691029634
Publishers Princeton University Press
Pages 416
Dimensions 197 × 254 × 226 mm   ·   595 g
Language English  

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