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2813662China Roothttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/china-root-9780834843066/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2912339/77c630ab-3269-4eef-8e72-f45829ce75d8.jpg?v=638384619515770000265368MXNShambhalaInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>A beautifully compelling and liberating guide to the original nature of Zen in ancient China by renowned author and translator David Hinton.</strong></p><p>Buddhism migrated from India to China in the first century C.E., and Chan (Japanese: Zen) is generally seen as Chinas most distinctive and enduring form of Buddhism. In <em>China Root</em>, however, David Hinton shows how Chan was in fact a Buddhist-influenced extension of Taoism, Chinas native system of spiritual philosophy. Unlike Indian Buddhisms abstract sensibility, Chan was grounded in an earthy and empirically-based vision. Exploring this vision, Hinton describes Chan as a kind of anti-Buddhism. A radical and wild practice aspiring to a deeply ecological liberation: the integration of individual consciousness with landscape and with a Cosmos seen as harmonious and alive.</p><p>In <em>China Root</em>, Hinton describes this original form of Zen with his trademark clarity and elegance, each chapter exploring in enlightening ways a core Chan concept--such as meditation, mind, Buddha, awakening--as it was originally understood and practiced in ancient China. Finally, by examining a range of standard translations in the Appendix, Hinton reveals how this original understanding and practice of Chan/Zen is almost entirely missing in contemporary American Zen, because it was lost in Chans migration from China through Japan and on to the West.</p><p>Whether you practice Zen or not, taking this journey on the wings of Hintons remarkable insight and powerful writing will transform how you understand yourself and the world.</p>...2750117China Root265368https://www.gandhi.com.mx/china-root-9780834843066/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2912339/77c630ab-3269-4eef-8e72-f45829ce75d8.jpg?v=638384619515770000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20209780834843066_W3siaWQiOiJlYzExYTZjZS02OWRlLTRhNjEtYjNhOS1mZWM1YTU4MzY5NDYiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM1OSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjEwMSwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjoyNTgsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI0LTEyLTAxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9780834843066_<p><strong>A beautifully compelling and liberating guide to the original nature of Zen in ancient China by renowned author and translator David Hinton.</strong></p><p>Buddhism migrated from India to China in the first century C.E., and Chan (Japanese: Zen) is generally seen as Chinas most distinctive and enduring form of Buddhism. In <em>China Root</em>, however, David Hinton shows how Chan was in fact a Buddhist-influenced extension of Taoism, Chinas native system of spiritual philosophy. Unlike Indian Buddhisms abstract sensibility, Chan was grounded in an earthy and empirically-based vision. Exploring this vision, Hinton describes Chan as a kind of anti-Buddhism. A radical and wild practice aspiring to a deeply ecological liberation: the integration of individual consciousness with landscape and with a Cosmos seen as harmonious and alive.</p><p>In <em>China Root</em>, Hinton describes this original form of Zen with his trademark clarity and elegance, each chapter exploring in enlightening ways a core Chan concept--such as meditation, mind, Buddha, awakening--as it was originally understood and practiced in ancient China. Finally, by examining a range of standard translations in the Appendix, Hinton reveals how this original understanding and practice of Chan/Zen is almost entirely missing in contemporary American Zen, because it was lost in Chans migration from China through Japan and on to the West.</p><p>Whether you practice Zen or not, taking this journey on the wings of Hintons remarkable insight and powerful writing will transform how you understand yourself and the world.</p>(*_*)9780834843066_<p><strong>A beautifully compelling and liberating guide to the original nature of Zen in ancient China by renowned author and translator David Hinton.</strong></p><p>Buddhism migrated from India to China in the first century C.E., and Chan (Japanese: Zen) is generally seen as Chinas most distinctive and enduring form of Buddhism. In <em>China Root</em>, however, David Hinton shows how Chan was in fact a Buddhist-influenced extension of Taoism, Chinas native system of spiritual philosophy. Unlike Indian Buddhisms abstract sensibility, Chan was grounded in an earthy and empirically-based vision. Exploring this vision, Hinton describes Chan as a kind of anti-Buddhism. A radical and wild practice aspiring to a deeply ecological liberation: the integration of individual consciousness with landscape and with a Cosmos seen as harmonious and alive.</p><p>In <em>China Root</em>, Hinton describes this original form of Zen with his trademark clarity and elegance, each chapter exploring in enlightening ways a core Chan concept--such as meditation, mind, Buddha, awakening--as it was originally understood and practiced in ancient China. Finally, by examining a range of standard translations in the Appendix, Hinton reveals how this original understanding and practice of Chan/Zen is almost entirely missing in contemporary American Zen, because it was lost in Chans migration from China through Japan and on to the West.</p><p>Whether you practice Zen or not, taking this journey on the wings of Hintons remarkable insight and powerful writing will transform how you understand yourself and the world.</p>...9780834843066_Shambhalalibro_electonico_30cee361-030e-3426-920c-c326e148116c_9780834843066;9780834843066_9780834843066David HintonInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/randomhousewh-epub-1358df14-5693-450f-8c54-4ac6c4f97634.epub2020-09-29T00:00:00+00:00Shambhala