Seeing through Zen: Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism by John R. McRae

Seeing through Zen: Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism

John R. McRae

224 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction religion informative slow-paced
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The tradition of Chan Buddhism—more popularly known as Zen—has been romanticized throughout its history. In this book, John R. McRae shows how modern critical techniques, supported by recent manuscript discoveries, make possible a more skeptical, ...

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