{"product_id":"9780231513081","title":"Zongmi on Chan","description":"\u003cp\u003eJapanese Zen often implies that textual learning ( \u003ci\u003egakumon\u003c\/i\u003e) in Buddhism and personal experience ( \u003ci\u003etaiken\u003c\/i\u003e) 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  \u003ci\u003eChan Prolegomenon\u003c\/i\u003e, along with translations of his  \u003ci\u003eChan Letter\u003c\/i\u003e and  \u003ci\u003eChan Notes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe  \u003ci\u003eChan Prolegomenon\u003c\/i\u003e 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  \u003ci\u003eChan Prolegomenon\u003c\/i\u003e and its successor text, the  \u003ci\u003eMind Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e ( \u003ci\u003eZongjinglu\u003c\/i\u003e) of Yongming Yanshou (904-976). This book contains the first in-depth treatment in English of the neglected  \u003ci\u003eMind Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, positioning it as a restatement of Zongmi's work for a Song dynasty audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ideas and models of the  \u003ci\u003eChan Prolegomenon\u003c\/i\u003e, often disseminated in East Asia through the conduit of the  \u003ci\u003eMind Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e, 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  \u003ci\u003eChan Prolegomenon\u003c\/i\u003e and  \u003ci\u003eChan Letter\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111724630256,"sku":"9780231513081","price":64.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780231513081_p0.jpg?v=1763679005","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780231513081","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}