The Way of Ch'an

<b>This sweeping collection of new translations paints a brilliant picture of the development of Ch&#146;an (Zen) Buddhism China&#146;s most radical philosophical and meditative tradition.</b><br><br>In this landmark anthology of some two dozen translations celebrated translator David Hinton shows how Ch'an (Japanese: Zen)&#151;too long considered a perplexing school of Chinese Buddhism&#151;was in truth a Buddhist-inflected form of Taoism China's native system of spiritual philosophy. The texts in <i>The Way of Ch&#146;an </i>build from seminal Taoism through the &#147;Dark-Enigma Learning&#148; literature and on to the most important pieces from all stages of the classical Ch&#146;an tradition. Guided by Hinton&#146;s accessible introductions readers will encounter texts and authors including:&#160;<br><br> <ul><li>I Ching (c. 12th century BCE)</li><li>Lao Tzu (c. 6th century BCE</li><li>Bodhidharma (active c. 500-550 CE)</li><li>Sixth Patriarch Prajna-Able (Hui Neng 638-713)</li><li>Cold Mountain (Han Shan: c. 8th-9th centuries)</li><li>Yellow-Bitterroot Mountain (Huang Po d. 850)</li><li>Blue-Cliff Record (c. 1040)&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160;</li></ul>Through this steadily deepening and transformative reading experience readers will see the profound and intricate connections between native Chinese philosophy Taoism and Ch&#146;an. Contemporary Zen students and practitioners will never see their tradition in the same way again.