{"product_id":"way-of-chan","title":"Way Of Chan","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis sweeping collection of new translations paints a brilliant picture of the development of Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism, China’s most radical philosophical and meditative tradition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this landmark anthology of some two dozen translations, celebrated translator David Hinton shows how Ch''an (Japanese: Zen)—too long considered a perplexing school of Chinese Buddhism—was in truth a Buddhist-inflected form of Taoism, China''s native system of spiritual philosophy. The texts in \u003ci\u003eThe Way of Ch’an \u003c\/i\u003ebuild from seminal Taoism through the “Dark-Enigma Learning” literature and on to the most important pieces from all stages of the classical Ch’an tradition. Guided by Hinton’s accessible introductions, readers will encounter texts and authors including: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Ching (c. 12th century BCE)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLao Tzu (c. 6th century BCE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBodhidharma (active c. 500-550 CE)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSixth Patriarch Prajna-Able (Hui Neng, 638-713)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCold Mountain (Han Shan: c. 8th-9th centuries)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYellow-Bitterroot Mountain (Huang Po, d. 850)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlue-Cliff Record (c. 1040)                                                                 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThrough this steadily deepening and transformative reading experience, readers will see the profound and intricate connections between native Chinese philosophy, Taoism, and Ch’an. Contemporary Zen students and practitioners will never see their tradition in the same way again.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57572514529662,"sku":"NW9781611809237","price":18.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781611809237.jpg?v=1781795593","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/way-of-chan","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}