Sudden and Gradual: Approaches to Enlightenment in Chinese Thought

Sudden and Gradual: Approaches to Enlightenment in Chinese Thought
ISBN-10
8120808193
ISBN-13
9788120808195
Category
History
Pages
500
Language
English
Published
1991
Publisher
Motilal Books
Author
Peter N. Gregory

Description

This volume examines the historical basis of the debate over sudden versus gradual approaches to enlightenment in Chinese Buddhism seeing it as part of a recurrent polarity in Chinese history and thought. Sudden and Gradual includes essays by Luis O. Gomez on the philosophical implications of the debate in China and Tibet, Whalen Lai on Taodheng`s theory of sudden enlightenment, Neal Donner on Chih-i`s system of T`ien-t`ai, John R. McRae on Shen-Hui`s sudden enlgihtenment` and its precedents in Northern Ch`an, Peter N. Gregory on Tsung-.i`s theory of sudden enlightenment .

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