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Can I read The Kōan : texts and contexts in Zen Buddhism on EtoBox?
The Kōan : texts and contexts in Zen Buddhism by Heine, Steven; Wright, Dale S. is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Kōan : texts and contexts in Zen Buddhism about?
Koans are enigmatic spiritual formulas used for religious training in the Zen Buddhist tradition. This innovative religious practice is one of the most distinctive elements of this tradition, which originated in medieval China and spread to Japan and Korea. Perhaps no dimension of Asian religous has attracted so much interest in the West, and its influence is apparent from beat poetry to deconstructive literary critisism. The essays collected in this volume, all previously; unpublished, argue th
Who reads The Kōan : texts and contexts in Zen Buddhism?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Heine, Steven; Wright, Dale S.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780195117493
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Religion, Philosophy, Zen
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
