Reimagining Chan Buddhism - 9781032048444

Taylor & Francis

Reimagining Chan BuddhismSheng Yen and the Creation of the Dharma Drum Lineage of Chan\nAuthor(s): Jimmy Yu\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032048444, 978-1032048444\nSynopsis\nThis book is the first socio-intellectual history of the Dharma Drum Lineage of Chan (Zen), a new lineage of Buddhism founded by the late Chinese Buddhist cleric, Sheng Yen [tel]arguably one of the most influential Chan masters in contemporary times.\n\nThe book challenges the received academic and popular image of Chan Buddhism as a meditation school that bypasses scriptural learning. Using Sheng Yens doctrinal classification (Chn. panjiao) chart as an example, the book shows Sheng Yens Chan as a synthesis of both Indian and Chinese premodern forms of Buddhism, and as the summum bonum of Han transmission of Chinese Buddhism (Chn. Hanchuan fojiao). The book demonstrates how Sheng Yens presentation of Chan was intimately related to the vol.