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The Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan / Zen Buddhism Bernard Faure
The Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan / Zen Buddhism
Bernard Faure
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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