The Circle of the Way A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World 1st edition by Barbara OBrien 1611805783 9781611805789

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ISBN 10: 1611805783

ISBN 13: 9781611805789

Author: Barbara O’Brien

A comprehensive, accessible guide to the fascinating history of Zen Buddhism–including important figures, schools, foundational texts, practices, and politics. Zen Buddhism has a storied history–Bodhidharma sitting in meditation in a cave for nine years; a would-be disciple cutting off his own arm to get the master’s attention; the proliferating schools and intense Dharma combat of the Tang and Song Dynasties; Zen nuns and laypeople holding their own against patriarchal lineages; the appearance of new masters in the Zen schools of Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and later the Western world. In The Circle of the Way, Zen practitioner and popular religion writer Barbara O’Brien brings clarity to this huge swath of history by charting a middle way between Zen’s traditional lore and the findings of modern historical scholarship. In a clear and often funny style, O’Brien parses fact from fiction while always attending to the greatest interest of contemporary practitioners–the development of Zen doctrine and practice as a living tradition across cultures and centuries.

The Circle of the Way A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Modern World 1st Table of contents:

Introduction: A Zen History?

1. Buddhism before Zen

2. The Six (or So) Patriarchs

3. Zen in the Early Tang Dynasty

4. Zen in the Late Tang Dynasty

5. Classic Zen in the Song Dynasty

6. Zen Leaves China: Korea and Vietnam

7. Early Japanese Buddhism to Eihei Dogen

8. The Establishment of Japanese Rinzai to the Meiji Restoration

9. Zen in the Modern World

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