Sacred literature series. The recorded sayings of Zen Master Joshu

Type
Book
ISBN 10
1570624143 
ISBN 13
9781570624148 
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Publication Year
1998 
Publisher
Subject
Zen Buddhism--Early works to 1800. 
Description
xxv, 180 pages ; 24 cm.; 1.Framing the American Reproductive Sciences2.Situating the Reproductive Sciences3.Forming the Discipline: Physiological Approaches, 1910 254.Seizing the Means of Studying Reproduction: The NRC Committee on Problems of Sex5.Coalescing the Discipline: Endocrinological Approaches, 1925 406.Negotiating the Contraceptive Quid pro Quo: Birth Control Advocates and Reproductive Scientists, 1910 637.Funding the Reproductive Sciences8.Illegitimate Science: Reproducing Controversy9.Disciplining Reproduction in ModernityApp. 1.Historiographic and Methodological NoteApp. 2.On the National Research Council Committee for Research in Problems of Sex.; Joshu Jushin, also known as Chao-chou Ts'ung-shen (778-897), was one of the great Ch'an (Zen) masters of ancient China. Many of the best-known Zen koans originated with Joshu (including the famous "Does a dog have Buddha nature?"), and his importance as a teacher can be measured by the prevalence of his sayings in the great koan anthologies of Zen literature: of the forty-eight koans collected in the Gateless Gate, five are Joshu's, and among the one hundred koans of the Blue Cliff Record, twelve are his. It is said of Joshu that his lips emitted light because his profound teaching often brought students to immediate insight. Although Joshu's life itself is an embodiment of the Zen ideal, it was this particular ability to express the true nature of the enlightened mind in a way that was pithy and succinct that made his teaching so influential. His sayings and dialogues have been preserved in the Zen literature as timeless and potent manifestations of the enlightened experience. Included here is the first complete translation of Joshu's sayings, Zen dialogues, poems, and records of his pilgrimages, as well as a short biography.; 
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38879107  
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