The Nature and Rationale of Zen/Chan and Enlightenment

Auteur

Ming Dong Gu is Katherine R. Cecil Professor in the School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology, the University of Texas at Dallas and Visiting Chair Professor of Humanities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His main research interest covers comparative poetics and thought. Recent publications include Fusion of Critical Horizons in Chinese and Western Language, Poetics, Aesthetics (Palgrave Macmillan 2021) and Why Traditional Chinese Philosophy Still Matters (Routledge, 2018).

Texte du rabat

This book initiates a paradigm shift away from Zen/Chan as quintessentially Buddhist and examines what makes Chan thought and practice unique and original through an interdisciplinary investigation of the nature and rationale of Chan and its enlightenment.

Contenu

Introduction: One Man's Journey to Zen/Chan Chapter 1: A Paradigm Shift for Zen/Chan Studies Chapter 2: Is Zen/Chan a Mysterium Ineffabile? Chapter 3: Is Zen/Chan a School of Buddhism? Chapter 4: What Is the Authentic Nature of Chan School? Chapter 5: Enlightenment as Momentary Return to Pre-Natal Mind Chapter 6: A Neuroscientific Approach to Zen/Chan and Enlightenment Chapter 7: What Makes Zen/Chan Thought Unique and Original? Chapter 8: Ideology, Mindfulness, and Transcultural Religion Conclusion: Zen/Chan Is the Dao/Tao of No Thinking