Beschreibung:
The essays in this volume, by some of the best scholars in the field, attempt to replace the Chan and Zen tradition in their ritual and cultural contexts, looking at various aspects heretofore largely (and unduly) ignored.
1. Bernard Faure Chan and Zen Studies: The State of the Field(s)2. Wendi Adamek Imagining the Portrait of a Chan Master3. T Griffith Foulk and Robert H. Sharf On the Ritual Use of Chan Portraiture4. James Robson A Tang Dynasty Chan Mummy [ roushen ] and a Modern Case of furta sacra ? Investigating the Contested Bones of Shitou Xiqian5. Carl Bielefeldt Filling the Zen shu: Notes on the Jissh^D%u yõdõ ki6. Bernard Faure Quand l'habit fait le moine: The Symbolism of the kasãya in S^D%ot^D%o Zen7. Duncan Ry^D%uken Williams: How D^D%osh^D%o's Medicine Saved D^D%ogen: D^D%osh^D%o'an, and Edo-Period D^D%ogen Biographies