The Zen Monastic Experience

Buddhist Practice in Contemporary Korea

Robert E. Buswell (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

1993
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-03477-5 (ISBN)

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An account of day-to-day Zen monastic practice. In discussing the activities of the postulants, the meditation monks, the teachers and administrators, and the support monks of the monastery of Songgwang-sa, it reveals a religious tradition that differs radically from the stereotype prevalent in the West.

Robert Buswell, a Buddhist scholar who spent five years as a Zen monk in Korea, draws on personal experience in this insightful account of day-to-day Zen monastic practice. In discussing the activities of the postulants, the meditation monks, the teachers and administrators, and the support monks of the monastery of Songgwang-sa, Buswell reveals a religious tradition that differs radically from the stereotype prevalent in the West. The author's treatment lucidly relates contemporary Zen practice to the historical development of the tradition and to Korean history more generally, and his portrayal of the life of modern Zen monks in Korea provides an innovative and provocative look at Zen from the inside.

Robert E. Buswell, Jr., is Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Director of the Center for Korean Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Among his other works is The Formation of Ch'an Ideology in China and Korea (Princeton).

List of PlatesPrefaceConventions UsedIntroduction: Zen Monasticism and the Context of Belief3Ch. 1Buddhism in Contemporary Korea21Ch. 2Daily and Annual Schedules37Ch. 3Songgwang-Sa and Master Kusan49Ch. 4A Monk's Early Career69Ch. 5The Support Division of the Monastery107Ch. 6Relations with the Laity135Chronology of the Puril Hoe147Ch. 7The Practice of Zen Meditation in Korea149Ch. 8Training in the Meditation Hall161Ch. 9The Officers of the Meditation Compound203Conclusion: Toward a Reappraisal of Zen Religious Experience217Epilogue: Songgwang-sa after Kusan224Appendix: Principal Chants Used in Korean Monasteries229Glossary of Sinitic Logographs243Works Cited253Index265

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.12.1993
Zusatzinfo	16 halftones
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 235 mm
Gewicht	397 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
ISBN-10	0-691-03477-X / 069103477X
ISBN-13	978-0-691-03477-5 / 9780691034775
Zustand	Neuware