Zen Ritual: Studies of Zen Buddhist Theory in Practice - Steven Heine - Books - Oxford University Press Inc - 9780195304688 - November 8, 2007
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Zen Ritual: Studies of Zen Buddhist Theory in Practice

Steven Heine

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Zen Ritual: Studies of Zen Buddhist Theory in Practice

Containing 9 articles by prominent scholars about a variety of topics, including Zen rituals kinhin and zazen, this volume covers rituals from the early Chan period to modern Japan. Each chapter covers key developments that occurred in the Linji/Rinzai and Caodon/ Soto schools of China and Japan, describing how Zen rituals mold the lives and characters of its practitioners, shaping them in accordance with the ideal of Zen awakening. This volume is a significant steptowards placing these practices in a larger historical and analytical perspective.


352 pages, illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released November 8, 2007
ISBN13 9780195304688
Publishers Oxford University Press Inc
Genre Religious Orientation > Buddhist
Pages 352
Dimensions 225 × 237 × 21 mm   ·   514 g
Editor Heine, Steven (Professor of Religious Studies, History, and Director of the Institute for Asian Studies, Professor of Religious Studies, History, and Director of the Institute for Asian Studies, Florida International University)
Editor Wright, Dale S. (David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professor of Religious Studies and Asian Studies, David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professor of Religious Studies and Asian Studies, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, United States)

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