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Fathering Your Father

- The Zen of Fabrication in Tang Buddhism

About Fathering Your Father

Offers a rereading of the early history of Chan Buddhism (Zen). This work focuses on the narrative logics of the early Chan genealogies - the seventh-and eighth-century lineage texts that claimed that certain high-profile Chinese men were descendents of Bodhidharma and the Buddha.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780520254855
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 368
  • Published:
  • February 8, 2009
  • Dimensions:
  • 155x228x23 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 1556 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: February 8, 2025

Description of Fathering Your Father

Offers a rereading of the early history of Chan Buddhism (Zen). This work focuses on the narrative logics of the early Chan genealogies - the seventh-and eighth-century lineage texts that claimed that certain high-profile Chinese men were descendents of Bodhidharma and the Buddha.

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