Japanese Zen often implies that textual learning (gakumon) in Buddhism and personal experience (taiken) in Zen are separate; but the career and writings of the Chinese Tang dynasty Chan master Guifeng Zongmi (780-841) undermine this division. For the first time in English; Jeffrey Broughton presents an annotated translation of Zongmi's magnum opus; the Chan Prolegomenon; along with translations of his Chan Letter and Chan Notes. The Chan Prolegomenon persuasively argues that Chan "axiom realizations" are identical to the teachings embedded in canonical word and that one who transmits Chan must use the sutras and treatises as a standard. Japanese Rinzai Zen has; since the Edo period; marginalized the sutra-based Chan of the Chan Prolegomenon and its successor text; the Mind Mirror (Zongjinglu) of Yongming Yanshou (904-976). This book contains the first in-depth treatment in English of the neglected Mind Mirror; positioning it as a restatement of Zongmi's work for a Song dynasty audience. The ideas and models of the Chan Prolegomenon; often disseminated in East Asia through the conduit of the Mind Mirror; were highly influential in the Chan traditions of Song and Ming China; Korea from the late Koryo onward; and Kamakura-Muromachi Japan. In addition; Tangut-language translations of Zongmi's Chan Prolegomenon and Chan Letter constitute the very basis of the Chan tradition of the state of Xixia. As Broughton shows; the sutra-based Chan of Zongmi and Yanshou was much more normative in the East Asian world than previously believed; and readers who seek a deeper; more complete understanding of the Chan tradition will experience a surprising reorientation in this book.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. These ideas deserve to be read and implemented by leaders in every countryBy dewellProf. Hudson is a phenom. Discouraged by her male colleagues at BYU from pursuing this kind of research; she has left them behind and is probably making half again as much as any of them does just by publishing information that could do more to improve the lot of human beings than could any other set of possible remedies. What will the the government of China do with its tens of millions of men who cannot find wives; institute polyandry; endorse a great deal of prostitution; what?5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. There is a connection between attitudes toward women and the possibility of world peaceBy B. Kent HarrisonExcellent book on gender and world politics. The authors make a fine case for the connection between a nation's culture; laws; and attitudes toward gender and its disposition toward peace. Better attitudes and treatment of women could help the progress of peace in our world. The book contains considerable useful data about cultural feelings about women; education of women; laws regarding women; familial status; crimes against women; etc.; for various countries; and it suggests various ways; top down and bottom up; for coping with and improving these matters. Everyone should read it to understand today's world views on women!5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Too technical for average readerBy BuckarooThis book contains some startling statistics about domestic abuse worldwide. I believe that the goal of the book is to highlight the many problems that countries have when they don't provide gender equality. Specifically; when women are seen at chatal and are given no freedoms. The countries who don't recognize women's worth are the countries that are having some of the worst crime rates and less peace throughout the world. While the book delivers some startling ideas about how women are (and have been) abused throughout the ages; it contains way too much statistical data for the average reader. I do; however; recommend reading it. The first two chapters will inform the reader in an easy to understand manner. However; I got bogged down in tables and statistics until I decided to scan those chapters. It was probably written as a textbook for grad students. Let's hope we can all become better informed about this kind of gender inequality as we move further into the future.
