Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. A note on references to the Chinese Buddhist canon xvii
5. Introduction. Chan—What Is It? 1
6. 1. Making History: Chan as an Art Form 11
7. 2. Plans for the Past. Early Accounts of How Perfect Truth Came to China 20
8. 3. Portable Ancestors. Bodhidharma Gets Two New Families 55
9. 4. More Local Buddhas Appear. Jingjue, Huineng, and Shenhui 84
10. 5. Truth, Conspiracy, and Careful Writing A New Version of Huineng 117
11. 6. The Platform Sūtra and Other Conspiracy Theories 137
12. 7. Chan “Dialogues” from the Tang Dynasty 168
13. 8. Chan Compendiums from the Song Dynasty 195
14. 9. Rules for Purity. Handbooks for Running Chan Monasteries 220
15. 10. Koans and Being There 252
16. Conclusions. Chan, a Buddhist Beauty 275
17. Bibliography 285
18. Glossary 299
19. Index 309