Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xi
3. Preface xiii
4. Acknowledgments xix
5. 1. Healthy Skepticism, and a Field Theory for the Emergence of Chan Literature 1
6. 2. The State of Enlightenment: The Empire of Truth in Zhiyi’s Legacy and Xinxing’s Sect of the Three Levels 30
7. 3. Owning It: Shaolin Monastery’s In-House Buddha 73
8. 4. The Future of an Illusion: Du Fei Hijacks Shaolin’s Truth-Fathers 115
9. 5. My Life as a Buddha: Jingjue’s Version of the Truth-Fathers 173
10. 6. Shenhui’s “Stop Thief” Bid to Be the Seventh Son 209
11. Conclusion: Assessing the Hole at the Beginning of It All 307
12. Chinese Glossary 315
13. References 323
14. Index 331