Zen is a flower · Hu Lan Cheng

Author: Hu Lancheng
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This work better represents Hu Lancheng's academic thought and is an excellent read for those seeking a deeper understanding of him. The book presents a detailed explanation of one hundred cases from the Miraculous Records of the Blue Cliff, a seminal work on Chan Buddhism, by Hu Lancheng during his stay in Taiwan in the late 1970s. For over eight hundred years, Chinese writers and thinkers had attempted to interpret the Blue Cliff Record from the Song Dynasty, but it was Hu Lancheng who finally succeeded. This book has played a significant role in the understanding of Chinese Chan Buddhist thought and can be regarded as a major event in the history of Chinese Chan studies. The characters such as "older brother," "younger brother," and "sister" in the book are actually manifestations of Hu Lancheng himself, like a shower of petals, omnipresent. Chan is the wisdom practice of those with aspirations in turbulent times. I hope that the Chan philosophy expressed in this book also embodies a refreshing and radiant spirit.