sean Posted May 10, 2007 I've been waiting for this book to be published for well over a year, even nagging the author a few times. Finally shipping but I won't be able to get to it for awhile as I am busy with other adventures at the moment. Figured I'd pass on the word to anyone else interested though. Via Amazon.com The Mystique of Transmission The Mystique of Transmission is a close reading of a late-eighth-century Chan/Zen Buddhist hagiographical work, the Lidai fabao ji ( Record of the Dharma-Jewel Through the Generations), and is its first English translation. The text is the only remaining relic of the little-known Bao Tang Chan school of Sichuan, and combines a sectarian history of Buddhism and Chan in China with an account of the eighth-century Chan master Wuzhu in Sichuan. Chinese religions scholar Wendi Adamek compares the Lidai fabao ji with other sources from the fourth through eighth centuries, chronicling changes in the doctrines and practices involved in transmitting medieval Chinese Buddhist teachings. While Adamek is concerned with familiar Chan themes like patriarchal genealogies and the ideology of sudden enlightenment, she also highlights topics that make Lidai fabao ji distinctive: formless practice, the inclusion of female practitioners, the influence of Daoist metaphysics, and connections with early Tibetan Buddhism. The Lidai fabao ji was unearthed in the early twentieth century in the Mogao caves at the Silk Road oasis of Dunhuang in northwestern China. Discovery of the Dunhuang manuscripts has been compared with the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, as these documents have radically changed our understanding of medieval China and Buddhism. A crucial volume for students and scholars, The Mystique of Transmission offers a rare glimpse of a lost world and fills an important gap in the timeline of Chinese and Buddhist history. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gendao Posted May 10, 2007 (edited) There is something very odd here. I just borrowed a copy of The Silk Road by Susan Whitfield because there is a short chapter about Tibetan syncretism of Chan Buddhism & Vajrayana Yoga in the Dunhuang scrolls. This includes some specific methodology on meditation and mention of sexual practice. How odd that someone else randomly makes a Dunhuang post today! Edited May 10, 2007 by vortex Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sean Posted May 10, 2007 There is something very odd here. I just borrowed a copy of The Silk Road by Susan Whitfield because there is a short chapter about Tibetan syncretism of Chan Buddhism & Vajrayana Yoga in the Dunhuang scrolls. This includes some specific methodology on meditation and mention of sexual practice. How odd that someone else randomly makes a Dunhuang post today! You are resonating with The Tao Bums morphogenic field. It only gets stranger from here on out. Prepare to have bizarre dreams with other members and synchronicities so frequent and compelling you stop mentioning them out of concern your peers will deem you mad. Sean Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yen Hui Posted May 10, 2007 How odd that someone else randomly makes a Dunhuang post today! Not really! That is the nature of the Matrix and synchronicity! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spectrum Posted May 10, 2007 Nothing random about DunHuang. Compass Center Directions Source. Depository of Widsom for Centuries. Hopefully I get there before McDonalds does. Spectrum Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pero Posted June 8, 2007 You are resonating with The Tao Bums morphogenic field. It only gets stranger from here on out. Prepare to have bizarre dreams with other members and synchronicities so frequent and compelling you stop mentioning them out of concern your peers will deem you mad. Sean I once dreamed that I was in a car with Thelerner, he was driving. It was some kind of white car, I don`t remember the dream well anymore. We were talking about something, when Thelerner drove on middle of the road a bit and all of a sudden a truck came also on the middle. Then Thelerner drove completely on the other side, and the truck did the same. We narrowly missed an accident. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thelerner Posted June 9, 2007 I've always found the middle of the road gives the most options. Michael Damn the trucks full speed ahead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spectrum Posted June 9, 2007 Anyone up for a pilgrimage to Dun Huang? Who's steering the magic carpet? Spectrum Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
