The nature and rationale of Zen/Chan and enlightenment : the mind of a pre-natal baby /

The nature and rationale of Zen/Chan and enlightenment : the mind of a pre-natal baby /

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Author / Creator:	Gu, Mingdong, 1955- author.
Imprint:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024. ©2024
Description:	1 online resource ( xxiii, 224 pages.)
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge studies in Asian religion and philosophy 30 Routledge studies in Asian religion and philosophy ; 30.
Subject:	Enlightenment (Zen Buddhism) Spiritual life -- Zen Buddhism. Zen Buddhism. Enlightenment (Zen Buddhism) Spiritual life -- Zen Buddhism. Zen Buddhism.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13415216

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ISBN:	9781003395348 1003395341 9781000916324 1000916324 9781000916355 1000916359 9781032497631 9781032497655
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Ming Dong Gu is Katherine R. Cecil Professor in the School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology, the University of Texas at Dallas and Visiting Chair Professor of Humanities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His main research interest covers comparative poetics and thought. Recent publications include Fusion of Critical Horizons in Chinese and Western Language, Poetics, Aesthetics (Palgrave Macmillan 2021) and Why Traditional Chinese Philosophy Still Matters (Routledge, 2018). Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 13, 2023).
Other form:	Print version: Gu, Mingdong, 1955- Nature and rationale of Zen/Chan and enlightenment New York : Routledge, 2023 9781032497631
Standard no.:	10.4324/9781003395348

Table of Contents:

Introduction: One Man's Journey to Zen/Chan
1. A Paradigm Shift for Zen/Chan Studies
2. Is Zen/Chan a Mysterium Ineffabile?
3. Is Zen/Chan a School of Buddhism?
4. What Is the Authentic Nature of Chan School?
5. Enlightenment as Momentary Return to Pre-Natal Mind
6. A Neuroscientific Approach to Zen/Chan and Enlightenment
7. What Makes Zen/Chan Thought Unique and Original?
8. Ideology, Mindfulness, and Transcultural Religion
Conclusion: Zen/Chan Is the Dao/Tao of No Thinking
Bibliography
Index.