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8 produkter

1. 

   Patriarchs on Paper

   A Critical History of Medieval Chan Literature

   Av Alan Cole

   Häftad, 2016

   262 kr

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   The truth of Chan Buddhism - better known as "Zen" - is regularly said to be beyond language, and yet Chan authors - medieval and modern - produced an enormous quantity of literature over the centuries. To make sense of this well-known paradox, Patriarchs on Paper explores several genres of Chan …

2. 

   Text as Father

   Paternal Seductions in Early Mahayana Buddhist Literature

   Av Alan Cole

   Inbunden, 2005

   728 kr

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   This beautifully written work sheds new light on the origins and nature of Mahayana Buddhism with close readings of four well-known texts--the Lotus Sutra, Diamond Sutra, Tathagatagarbha Sutra, and Vimalakirtinirdesa. Treating these sutras as literary works rather than as straightforward …

3. 

   Fathering Your Father

   The Zen of Fabrication in Tang Buddhism

   Av Alan Cole

   Häftad, 2009

   303 kr

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   This book offers a provocative rereading of the early history of Chan Buddhism (Zen). Working from a history-of-religions point of view that asks how and why certain literary tropes were chosen to depict the essence of the Buddhist tradition to Chinese readers, this analysis focuses on the …

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   Patriarchs on Paper

   A Critical History of Medieval Chan Literature

   Av Alan Cole

   Inbunden, 2016

   1156 kr

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   The truth of Chan Buddhism - better known as "Zen" - is regularly said to be beyond language, and yet Chan authors - medieval and modern - produced an enormous quantity of literature over the centuries. To make sense of this well-known paradox, Patriarchs on Paper explores several genres of Chan …

5. 

   Text as Father

   Paternal Seductions in Early Mahayana Buddhist Literature

   Av Alan Cole

   E-bok, 2005

   1384 kr

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   This beautifully written work sheds new light on the origins and nature of Mahayana Buddhism with close readings of four well-known texts— the Lotus Sutra, Diamond Sutra, Tathagatagarbha Sutra, and Vimalakirtinirdesa. Treating these sutras as literary works rather than as straightforward …

6. 

   Patriarchs on Paper

   A Critical History of Medieval Chan Literature

   Av Alan Cole

   E-bok, 2016

   424 kr

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   The truth of Chan Buddhism—better known as “Zen”—is regularly said to be beyond language, and yet Chan authors—medieval and modern—produced an enormous quantity of literature over the centuries. To make sense of this well-known paradox, Patriarchs on Paper explores several genres of Chan literature …

7. 

   Fetishizing Tradition

   Desire and Reinvention in Buddhist and Christian Narratives

   Av Alan Cole

   Häftad, 2016

   341 kr

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   Describes how religious tradition is established as available within a text, free from ritual and observance, in Buddhism and Christianity.This innovative work documents the literary gesture that "fetishizes tradition," making long-standing religious traditions appear present and available through …

8. 

   Fetishizing Tradition

   Desire and Reinvention in Buddhist and Christian Narratives

   Av Alan Cole

   Inbunden, 2015

   1111 kr

   Tillfälligt slut

   Describes how religious tradition is established as available within a text, free from ritual and observance, in Buddhism and Christianity.This innovative work documents the literary gesture that "fetishizes tradition," making long-standing religious traditions appear present and available through …