Historical dictionary of Chan Buddhism /
The popular name for Chan Buddhism, in the West, is Zen Buddhism, as it was Japanese scholars who first introduced Chan Buddhism to the West with this translation. Indeed, chan is a shortened form of the Chinese word channa, rendered from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which denotes practices of the conc...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Chinese |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2017]
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| Series: | Historical dictionaries of religions, philosophies, and movements.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
