Seeing Through Zen: Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism by John R. McRae

Seeing Through Zen: Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism

John R. McRae

224 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction religion informative slow-paced
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The tradition of Chan Buddhism--more popularly known as Zen--has been romanticized throughout its history. In this book, John R. McRae shows how modern critical techniques, supported by recent manuscript discoveries, make possible a more skeptical...

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