The Rhetoric of Immediacy

The Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan/Zen Buddhism Faure Bernard Wydawca: Princeton University Press Data wydania: 1994 ISBN: 9780691029634 Liczba stron: 416 Format: 254 x 197 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: Guides Western readers in appreciating some of the more elusive aspects of the Chinese tradition of Chan Buddhism and its outgrowth, Japanese Zen. This title focuses on Chan s insistence on immediacy - its denial of all traditional mediations, including scripture, ritual, good works.