Zen Under the Gun
Four Zen Masters from Turbulent Times
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| Author(s) : Cleary, J C |
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| ISBN : 0861715926 | | EAN : 9780861715923 | | Cover : Paperback | | Pages : 200 | | Size : 228 x 152mm | | Publisher : Wisdom Publications | | Published : 2010 |
Category : Chinese Buddhism
Category 2 : Zen: General
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Synopsis:
This book, from one of the pioneering and preeminent translators of Zen for the West, presents a selection of Zen lessons from four teachers in four successive generations whose public lives spanned the turbulent period in Chinese history from the last generation of the Song dynasty (overthrown by the Mongols in 1279) to the first generation of Ming dynasty (which drove out the Mongols, and proclaimed its own reign in 1368). These four Chan masters (Hengchuan, Gulin, Zhuxian, and Daian) were all eminent public teachers, and their words reflect the state of the art of Chan (Zen) teaching in their time. And they are, even now, all vividly relevant.
Sometimes history is cruel: A civilization starts to fall apart and a stable social order starts to unravel; upheaval and uncertainty abound. Tyrants ride high, old notions of justice vanish, and people may feel they have nowhere to turn for relief...Indeed this is what happened to the Chinese world in the thirteenth century when the Mongol conquerors mangled China and left the Chinese social order in tatters.
"When Mongol invaders conquered China over the thirteenth century, the Buddhists there had already had hundreds of years of experience developing interfaces among people of different nations, cultures, races, and religions; in responding to the world without bias. In this book, Buddhist masters of turbulent times give their greatest gift, from which all other gifts flow: their methods of mastering mind." Thomas Cleary.
"Once again, Cleary's combined expertise in Chinese history and Zen literature shines through in this highly accessible volume. Among other things, he shows convincingly that the Zen message in these teachings are timeless and that "Engaged Buddhism" has always been an integral part of the true teaching, not a creation of modern Buddhists" Cuong Tu Nguyen, George Mason University. |
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