The Linji lu and the creation of Chan orthodoxy the development of Chan's records of sayings literature /

Main Author: Welter, Albert, 1952-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10471771
Table of Contents:
  • Defining orthodoxy in the Chan/Zen traditions
  • Tracing the elusive yulu: the origins of Chan's records of sayings
  • Narration in action: early fragments of Linji's teachings
  • Giving form to the formless: the formation of the Linji lu
  • Strange brew: the fictional background to yulu encounter dialogues
  • Toward a conclusion: the Linji lu and the process of yulu formation.