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Title Liberating intimacy : enlightenment and social virtuosity in Ch'an Buddhism / Peter D. Hershock. [electronic resource] [SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture ]
Publisher Albany, NY : State University of New York Press
Creation Date 1996
Notes Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-230) and index.
English
Content Suffering: divergent conceptions of the context of enlightenment -- Culture and the limits of personhood: common rituals and uncommon tales -- Dramatic interdependence and improvisation: sociality as orientation -- Communicative conduct: the paradigmatic locus of Ch'an enlightenment -- Intimacy and virtuosity: entering the gate of Ch'an practice -- Opening the field of virtuosity: practicing Tun-wu, Wei-hsin, and K'ung -- The techniques of unmaking: energy and awakening in Ch'an -- Morality and character in the mastery of Ch'an.
Series SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture Liberating intimacy
Extent 1 online resource (xv, 236 p. )
Language English
National Library system number 997010701880505171
MARC RECORDS
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