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Can I read Sudden and Gradual (Approaches to Enlightenment in Chinese Thought) on EtoBox?
Sudden and Gradual (Approaches to Enlightenment in Chinese Thought) by Peter N Gregory; Kuroda Institute is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Sudden and Gradual (Approaches to Enlightenment in Chinese Thought) about?
This volume examines the historical basis of the debate over sudden versus gradual approaches to enlightenment in Chinese Buddhism seeing it as part of a recurrent polarity in Chinese history and thought. Sudden and Gradual includes essays by Luis O. Gomez on the philosophical implications of the debate in China and Tibet, Whalen Lai on Taodheng`s theory of sudden enlightenment, Neal Donner on Chih-i`s system of T`ien-t`ai, John R. McRae on Shen-Hui`s sudden enlgihtenment` and its precedents in Northern Ch`an, Peter N. Gregory on Tsung-.i`s theory of sudden enlightenment .
Who reads Sudden and Gradual (Approaches to Enlightenment in Chinese Thought)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Peter N Gregory; Kuroda Institute
- Publisher
- Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
- Published
- 1987
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9788120808195
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Buddhism, Asian History