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ReligionsDuring the late Ming period, the Śūraṅgama Sūtra 楞嚴經 became a prominent site for negotiating the relationship between scriptural interpretation, religious practice, and doctrinal authority. This article examines how literati, lay Buddhists, Chan-oriented
Siyao Wang, Qiyuan Wang
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Re‐evaluating the Rise of Anglophone Malaysian Historical Fiction in the Twenty‐First Century
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Since the turn of the century, anglophone Malaysian historical fiction has gained significant global recognition, so much so that it has become the dominant genre. However, notwithstanding this enviable evolution in the country's English‐language literature, it is not without issues, due to the genre's somewhat orientalist representation of ...
Andrew Hock Soon Ng
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Religions, 2023 This paper argues that as poetics in the Song Dynasty developed, the thinking mode and methods of written expression in Chan Buddhism provided a theoretical reference and creative practical experience for the formation of poetic theories.
Rongrong Fu
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ReligionsIn the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty, Yunqi Zhuhong 雲栖祩宏 and Ouyi Zhixu 蕅益智旭 integrated Zen thought and Pure Land Buddhism based on the fusion of various Buddhist sects, which facilitated the transition to Chan Jing He Yi (integration of Zen and Pure Land ...
Ran Wei
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Religions, 2022 From the Tang era (618–907) to the present day, controversy over the translation and authenticity of the Chinese version of the Śūraṃgama-sūtra, which appeared at the end of the early Tang, has been ongoing. The scholar-official Fang Rong (d.
Jinhua Jia
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A Study of Chinese Commentaries on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment
Religions, 2022 The Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment, also known as Yuanjuejing 圓覺經 or, in full, Dafang guangyuanjue xiuduoluo liaoyijing 大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經, is a mindfulness meditation sutra with a particularly high reputation that has been the subject of a great deal of ...
Kai Wang
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The Esoteric Nenbutsu in Tendai
ReligionsUntil recently, our view of Chinese Buddhist history was overly influenced by sectarian categories inherited by Japanese Buddhism, which clearly distinguished Zen/Chan, Pure Land, and esoteric Buddhism (mostly Shingon 真言).
Bernard Faure
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Illuminating a Truth: Dṛṣṭānta and Huatou
Religions, 2020 In Chan/Seon/Zen (禪, hereafter referred to as Chan) Buddhism, the gongan (公案), a word that can be literally translated as “public case”, is conceived as both the tool by which enlightenment is brought about and an expression of the enlightened mind ...
Jeson Woo
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Smuggled Hinduism—From Dōgen’s Viewpoint
Religions, 2022 The central question of this paper is what kind of view Dōgen had about Mazu. At first glance, this may seem completely irrelevant to the theme of this issue. In fact, however, Dōgen’s view points to a subtle relationship between Buddhism and Hinduism in
Atsushi (Shōken) Hayakawa
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ENCOUNTERS AT THE EDGE OF NIGHT: An Ethnography of the Weird
Cultural Anthropology, Volume 41, Issue 3, Page 743-764, August 2026.ABSTRACT Ethnographers often hear stories that, for the listener, cannot be. Explanations that shelve away such “weird” stories into cultural boxes or reframe them as metaphors for something familiar not only close the door on the theoretical possibilities of openness but also do not do justice to their interlocutors' own inquiries about the world ...
ANDREW ALAN JOHNSON
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