
Machine Generated Contents Note: -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Epistolary Chan -- A Brief Biography Of Dahui -- The Editor-in-chief Of Letters Of Dahui: Huang Wenchang -- Dating Of The Letters -- Confucianism And The Chan Gongfu Of Dahui -- Dahui's Diagnosis Of Scholar-officials' Stumbling Block In The Study Of Chan -- Two Perverse Chan Teachings According To Dahui -- Dahui's Huatou Practice: An Inheritance From His Teacher(s)? -- Dahui's Huatou-practice Vocabulary -- Dahui On Sitting Practice In The Context Of Huatou Practice -- What Not To Do In Huatou Practice -- Recurring Motifs In Huatou Practice -- Dahui's Collection Correct Dharma-eye Depository And Letters Of Dahui -- Mujaku D?ch?'s Commentary Pearl In The Wicker-basket -- Two Korean Commentaries: Hyesim And Korean Anonymous -- Influence Of Letters Of Dahui In China -- Influence Of Letters Of Dahui In Korea -- Influence Of Letters Of Dahui In Japan -- Three Hanging Scrolls --^ Letters Of Chan Master Dahui Pujue Volume One -- 1. In Reply To Vice Minister Ceng (tianyou) (question Letter Attached) -- 2. Continued [second Letter In Reply To Vice Minister Ceng] -- 3. Continued [third Letter In Reply To Vice Minister Ceng] -- 4. Continued [fourth Letter In Reply To Vice Minister Ceng] -- 5. Continued [fifth Letter In Reply To Vice Minister Ceng] -- 6. Continued [sixth Letter In Reply To Vice Minister Ceng] -- 7. In Reply To Participant In Determining Governmental Matters Li (hanlao) (question Letter Attached) -- 8. Continued [second Letter In Reply To Participant In Determining Governmental Matters Li] (question Letter Attached) -- 9. In Reply To Supervising Secretary Jiang (shaoming) -- 10. In Reply To Administrator Of The Bureau Of Military Affairs Fu (jishen) -- 11. Continued [second Letter In Reply To Administrator Of The Bureau Of Military Affairs Fu] -- 12. Continued [third Letter In Reply To Administrator Of The Bureau Of Military Affairs Fu] --^ 13. [confidential] Auxiliary Note To Reply To Participa
This volume investigates the pedagogical methods and spiritual guidance provided by the influential Chan Master Dahui Zonggao through his correspondence with lay scholar-officials. Authors Elise Yoko Watanabe and Jeffrey L. Broughton provide a scholarly framework that contextualizes Dahui's letters within the broader landscape of Song Dynasty Chan Buddhism. They argue that these letters served as a critical tool for Dahui to diagnose and correct the spiritual obstacles faced by his students, specifically emphasizing the practice of huatou as a means to achieve enlightenment.
What You Will Find
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Scholars and practitioners of East Asian Buddhism recognize this work as a rigorous and essential translation for understanding the development of the huatou practice. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which provides a high level of historical and linguistic detail suitable for advanced students of Chan philosophy.
Page Count:
400
Publication Date:
2017-08-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10:
0190664177
ISBN-13:
9780190664176
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