Book chapter
"Before the empty eon" versus "A dog has no Buddha-nature": Kung-an use in the Ts'ao-tung tradition and Ta-hui's Kung-an introspection Ch'an
The koan: Texts and contexts in Zen Buddhism, pp.168-199
Oxford University Press
2000
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780195117486.003.0007
Abstract
A common view of the kung-an, implied in much of the literature on Ch’an available in English, is that its use is the special domain of the Lin-chi (J. Rinzai) tradition, in which kung-an were, and still are, used in the active pursuit of enlightenment. Along with this view is the depiction of the Ts’ao-tung (J. Soto) tradition as being rather passive while neglecting, or at least putting less emphasis on, the study of kung-an, instead pursuing a gradual approach enlightenment through long hours of meditation. These distinctions are furthermore understood to characterize the Lin-chi and Ts’ao-tung traditions from their very inceptions in China.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- "Before the empty eon" versus "A dog has no Buddha-nature": Kung-an use in the Ts'ao-tung tradition and Ta-hui's Kung-an introspection Ch'an
- Creators
- Morten Schlütter
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- The koan: Texts and contexts in Zen Buddhism, pp.168-199
- DOI
- 10.1093/oso/9780195117486.003.0007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; New York
- Number of pages
- 168-200
- Date published
- 2000
- Academic Unit
- Classics and Religious Studies; International Programs
- Record Identifier
- 9984398534302771
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