Buddhist Faith and Sudden Enlightenment by Sung Bae Park

Buddhist Faith and Sudden Enlightenment by Sung Bae Park

Buddhist Faith and Sudden Enlightenment explains how sudden enlightenment occurs through the awakening of patriarchal faith. This is the non-dual affirmation that one is already Buddha as opposed to the doctrinal, dualistic faith that one can become Buddha. The essence of the presentation is that patriarchal faith forms the basis for sudden enlightenment in Zen meditation. For the practitioner, this book establishes the Zen method of mind-cultivation on a higher level by introducing a new understanding of awakening right faith. Included is extensive material on the history of faith in Buddhism with the main attention devoted to Ch'an (Zen) and Hua-yen. There are also substantial discussions of Buddhist antecedents to these schools and of the Pure Land School. This is the first book in English to examine the central role of faith in Mahayana Buddhism. The author's approach develops from his personal experiences as a son (Zen) monk of the Chogye order, which was heavily influenced by the integration of meditation and scriptural study established by Chinul.

Sung Bae Park is Assistant Professor of East Asian Religions at the Center for Religious Studies, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

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ISBN 13	9780873956741
ISBN 10	0873956745
Title	Buddhist Faith and Sudden Enlightenment
Author	Sung Bae Park
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	State University of New York Press
Year published	1983-06-30
Number of pages	211
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