The ‘Sensation of Doubt' in East Asian Zen Buddhism and Some Parallels with Pāli Accounts of Meditation Practice

The technique of ‘examining meditative topics' (Chinese kanhua Chan) is one of the emblematic practices of the ‘Zen' traditions of East Asia. (We in the West know this technique better as koan practice, after its later Japanese analogues.) An emblematic feature of this technique is the gen...

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Main Author: Buswell, Robert E., Jr. 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2018]
In: Contemporary buddhism
Year: 2018, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 69-82
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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