{"product_id":"china-root-taoism-ch-an-and-the-original-nature-of-zen-9781611807134","title":"China Root: Taoism, Ch'an, and the Original Nature of Zen","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): David Hinton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Shambhala\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Shambhala\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Buddhism - Zen (see also Philosophy - Zen)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautifully compelling and liberating guide to the original nature of Zen in ancient China by renowned author and translator David Hinton.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuddhism migrated from India to China in the first century C.E., and Ch'an (Japanese: Zen) is generally seen as China's most distinctive and enduring form of Buddhism. In \u003ci\u003eChina Root\u003c\/i\u003e, however, David Hinton shows how Ch'an was in fact a Buddhist-influenced extension of Taoism, China's native system of spiritual philosophy. Unlike Indian Buddhism's abstract sensibility, Ch'an was grounded in an earthy and empirically-based vision. Exploring this vision, Hinton describes Ch'an as a kind of anti-Buddhism. A radical and wild practice aspiring to a deeply ecological liberation: the integration of individual consciousness with landscape and with a Cosmos seen as harmonious and alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eChina Root\u003c\/i\u003e, Hinton describes this original form of Zen with his trademark clarity and elegance, each chapter exploring in enlightening ways a core Ch'an concept--such as meditation, mind, Buddha, awakening--as it was originally understood and practiced in ancient China. Finally, by examining a range of standard translations in the Appendix, Hinton reveals how this original understanding and practice of Ch'an\/Zen is almost entirely missing in contemporary American Zen, because it was lost in Ch'an's migration from China through Japan and on to the West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether you practice Zen or not, taking this journey on the wings of Hinton's remarkable insight and powerful writing will transform how you understand yourself and the world.","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45036686868631,"sku":"9781611807134","price":1720.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781611807134.webp?v=1767897502","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/china-root-taoism-ch-an-and-the-original-nature-of-zen-9781611807134","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}