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SUNY Series in Korean Studies: The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment

Korean Buddhism's Guide to Meditation

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  • 352pagine
  • 13 ore di lettura

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The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment, used in monastic education for more than a millennium, is a concise guide to the key paradigms of the practice systems of the East Asian meditational schools (Ch'an, Soan, and Zen). Contained in its twelve chapters are definitive explanations of the meaning of innate and actualized enlightenment, sudden and gradual enlightenment, the true nature of ignorance and suffering, along with numerous examples of methods of contemplation that accord with and reflect the basic Ch'an views on enlightenment and practice. Although the Sutra was popular throughout the East Asian region, it attained its highest canonical status within the Korean Chogye school, where it is still a key text in the core curriculum of modern-day monks and nuns. The Sutra is translated here in full, along with the eloquent and revelatory commentary of the Choson monk Kihwa (1376-1433).

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SUNY Series in Korean Studies: The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment, A. Charles Muller, Hwa Ki, Sõn Monk K

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Pubblicato
1999
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Titolo
SUNY Series in Korean Studies: The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment
Sottotitolo
Korean Buddhism's Guide to Meditation
Lingua
Inglese
Formato
Copertina rigida
Pagine
352
ISBN10
0791441016
ISBN13
9780791441015
Serie
Descrizione
The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment, used in monastic education for more than a millennium, is a concise guide to the key paradigms of the practice systems of the East Asian meditational schools (Ch'an, Soan, and Zen). Contained in its twelve chapters are definitive explanations of the meaning of innate and actualized enlightenment, sudden and gradual enlightenment, the true nature of ignorance and suffering, along with numerous examples of methods of contemplation that accord with and reflect the basic Ch'an views on enlightenment and practice. Although the Sutra was popular throughout the East Asian region, it attained its highest canonical status within the Korean Chogye school, where it is still a key text in the core curriculum of modern-day monks and nuns. The Sutra is translated here in full, along with the eloquent and revelatory commentary of the Choson monk Kihwa (1376-1433).