Discerning Buddhas - Authority, Agency, and Masculinity in Chan Buddhism

Discerning Buddhas argues that Chan Buddhists wove together tropes of sovereignty, hospitality, and martial heroism drawn from both Buddhist tradition and China's cultural heritage to develop a distinctive vision of what it meant for a Chan master to be a buddha in Song-period China.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Signs of Authority and the "Marks of a Great Man"
2. Great Manhood and Martial Masculinity
3. Sovereign Authority and Violence
4. Sovereign Selfhood and Agency
5. Chan Hospitality
Conclusion: A Discerning Age
Conventions
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Kevin Buckelew is assistant professor of religious studies at Northwestern University. He is coeditor of Buddhist Masculinities (Columbia, 2023).

Summary

Discerning Buddhas argues that Chan Buddhists wove together tropes of sovereignty, hospitality, and martial heroism drawn from both Buddhist tradition and China’s cultural heritage to develop a distinctive vision of what it meant for a Chan master to be a buddha in Song-period China.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Buckelew
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.2024
• EAN: 9780231214247
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21424-7
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Buddhism / Zen, Zen Buddhism, religion; social science