On the Significance and Predicaments of the Contemporary Chan Studies: Focused on the 4-Phrase-Definition Controversy of Chan Tradition
| Autor: | CHEN, JIH-HUA, 陳之華 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 102 Motivated by Steven Heine’s “A Critical Survey of Works on Zen since Yampolsky”(2007) and Zen Skin, Zen Marrow: will the real Zen Buddhism please stand up? (2008),this paper studies the significance and predicaments of the contemporary Chan studies, focused on the 4-phrase-definition of Chan tradition, i.e. “a special transmission outside the doctrines (教外別傳), not to use words and letters semantically (不立文字), directly to point to people’s original heart (直指人心), to perceive the Nature and to attain the Buddhahood (見性成佛)”. And the main conclusions are as below: (1)The 4-phrase-definition is crystalized in Sung, to signify the “aim and method” of Chan tradition since Bodhidharma. (2)Based on the 4-phrase-definition, comes the requirement of the “continuity” and the “identity” of Chan transmission. Thus, the significance of Shenhui’s (神會) “ting shih-fei”(定是非) can be understood. (3)Many Dunhuang manuscripts (e.g. ChuanFabao Ji (傳法寶紀) and Li-tai Fa-pao Chi (歷代法寶記)), support the 4-phrase-definition of Chan tradition; however, they are often overlooked or misread. (4)Reconfirmation of the 4-phrase-definition is essential to make the contemporary Chan studies leave its predicaments and have a better outlook. |
| Databáze: | Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations |
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