漢代佛教=Han Buddhism; 靜坐=Meditation; 禪宗=Zazen Buddhism=Zen Buddhism=Son Buddhism=Chan Buddhism; 禪修=Meditation; United States; Intellectual life; History
摘要
Exploring key concepts and metaphors, Bernard Faure guides readers to an appreciation of some of the more elusive aspects of the Chinese traditions of Chan Buddhism and Japanese Zen. Faure focuses on Chan's insistence on "immediacy"--its denial of all traditional meditations, including scripture, ritual, good works--and yet shows how these mediations have always been present in Chan