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Chán Buddhism in Dūnhuáng and Beyond
A Study of Manuscripts, Texts, and Contexts in Memory of John R. McRae
Series: - Numen Book Series, Volume: 165
Chán Buddhism in Dūnhuáng and Beyond: A Study of Manuscripts, Texts, and Contexts in Memory of John R. McRae is dedicated to the memory of the eminent Chán scholar John McRae and investigates the spread of early Chán in a historical, multi-lingual, and interreligious context. Combining the expertise of scholars of Chinese, Tibetan, Uighur, and Tangut Buddhism, the edited volume is based on a thorough study of manuscripts from Dūnhuáng, Turfan, and Karakhoto, tracing the particular features of Chán in the Northwestern and Northern regions of late medieval China.
Christoph Anderl, Ph.D. (2005), is Professor of Chinese Language and Culture at Ghent University. He has published in the fields of Chinese Historical Linguistics, Dūnhuáng manuscript studies, Chán Buddhism, and Digital Humanities.
Christian Wittern, Ph.D. (1996), is Professor at the Institute of Research in Humanities, Kyoto University. He has published in the fields of Chán Buddhist historical works and Digital Humanities, in addition of being the director of several large database projects.
Contributors are Christoph Anderl, Friederike Assandri, John Jorgensen, Sam van Schaik, Kirill Solonin, Henrik Sørensen, Christian Wittern, Peter Zieme
Christian Wittern, Ph.D. (1996), is Professor at the Institute of Research in Humanities, Kyoto University. He has published in the fields of Chán Buddhist historical works and Digital Humanities, in addition of being the director of several large database projects.
Contributors are Christoph Anderl, Friederike Assandri, John Jorgensen, Sam van Schaik, Kirill Solonin, Henrik Sørensen, Christian Wittern, Peter Zieme
"Indeed, the volume is an extremely apt dedication to the late John R. McRae (1947â2011). Those with an interest in Chán Buddhism would find this volume utterly invaluable. Moreover, those with a wider interest in Buddhism, Chinese religion, and the general study of religious texts have much to gain from reading this." - Joseph Chadwin, University of Vienna, Religious Studies Review47:2, 2021.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Chán Buddhism in an Inter-religious and Cross-linguistic perspective
âChristoph Anderl
1 Early Chán Revisited: A Critical Reading of Dà oxuánâs Hagiographies of Bodhidharma, HuìkÄ and Their Associates
âJohn Jorgensen
2 Northern Chán and the SiddhaṠSongs
âChristoph Anderl and Henrik H. Sørensen
3 The Old Uigur Translation of the Siddhaá¹ Songs
âPeter Zieme
4 Reconsidering Tibetan Chán
âSam van Schaik
5 The Great Master TÅnglÇ: The Texts by a Liáo Buddhist Master among the Khara-Khoto Findings
âKirill Solonin
6 The Meeting and Conflation of Chán and Esoteric Buddhism during the Táng
âHenrik H. Sørensen
7 BuddhoâDaoist Interaction as Creative Dialogue: The Mind and DÃ o in Twofold Mystery Teaching
âFriederike Assandri
John R. McRae: A Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Chán Buddhism in an Inter-religious and Cross-linguistic perspective
âChristoph Anderl
Part 1 Early Chán History Revisited
1 Early Chán Revisited: A Critical Reading of Dà oxuánâs Hagiographies of Bodhidharma, HuìkÄ and Their Associates
âJohn Jorgensen
2 Northern Chán and the SiddhaṠSongs
âChristoph Anderl and Henrik H. Sørensen
Part 2 The Spread of Chán in the Northwestern Region
3 The Old Uigur Translation of the Siddhaá¹ Songs
âPeter Zieme
4 Reconsidering Tibetan Chán
âSam van Schaik
5 The Great Master TÅnglÇ: The Texts by a Liáo Buddhist Master among the Khara-Khoto Findings
âKirill Solonin
Part 3 Chán in an Interreligious Perspective
6 The Meeting and Conflation of Chán and Esoteric Buddhism during the Táng
âHenrik H. Sørensen
7 BuddhoâDaoist Interaction as Creative Dialogue: The Mind and DÃ o in Twofold Mystery Teaching
âFriederike Assandri
John R. McRae: A Bibliography
Index
All interested in the history of Chinese Chán/Zen Buddhism, Dūnhuáng Studies, and Buddhist texts in Uighur, Tibetan, and Tangut.