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Liberating intimacy : enlightenment and social virtuosity in Ch'an Buddhism / Peter D. Hershock.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culturePublication details: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 1996.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 236 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585034214
  • 9780585034218
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Liberating intimacy.DDC classification:
  • 294.3/927/0951 20
LOC classification:
  • BQ9268.6 .H47 1996eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230) and index.

Print version record.

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.

English.

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