Seeing through Zen: encounter, transformation, and genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism

Illustrations; Preface; Conventions; McRae's Rules of Zen Studies; 1 Looking at Lineage: A Fresh Perspective on Chan Buddhism; 2 Beginnings: Differentiating/Connecting Bodhidharma and the East Mountain Teaching; 3 Metropolitan Chan: Imperial Patronage and the Chan Style; 4 The Riddle of Encounter Dialogue: Who, What, When, and Where?; 5 Zen and the Art of Fund-Raising: Religious Vitality and Institutional Dominance in the Song Dynasty; 6 Climax Paradigm: Cultural Polarities and Patterns of Self-Cultivation in Song-Dynasty Chan; Notes; Character Glossary; Bibliography; Index.