CHAN BUDDHISM

CHAN BUDDHISM
Peter Hershock
U of Hawaii Press

The rise of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in medieval China during the Tang and Song dynasties is one of the high points in the history of human religious experience. Peter Hershock’s gracefully written chronology of this religious movement, so distant now in time, makes it real to us, “like a fiery jazz performance.” Chan Buddhism is the second book in Dimensions of Asian Spirituality, a new series of short volumes for non specialist readers.