[Buddha-l] Tozan's blue mountain and white cloud

[Piya Tan]

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quite a radical departure from early Buddhist texts.

As such, koans and Zen are essentially a Chinese experience of Buddhism.

Any recommended reading on this area of Buddhist development?

With metta,

Piya


On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Piya Tan <dharmafarer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dan,
>
>  Reading the accounts of koans and Zen stories, I am fascinated by how
>  language can
>  defeat itself so that we have a sort of unmediated experience of reality.
>
>  At the same time, I am also aware that Zen is very Chinese, or East
>  Asian, as the way
>  the koans are used is
>
>
>
>  On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 12:07 AM, Dan Lusthaus <vasubandhu at earthlink.net> wrote:
>  > Correction of typo:
>  >
>  >
>  >  > "What is the meaning of the 'white clouds hand about all day'?" asked the
>  >  > monk.
>  >
>  >  Obviously, that should be "hang" -- not "hand." Sorry.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  Dan
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