Silent Accord: Qi 契 as a Metaphor for Enlightenment and Transmission in Chan Buddhist Discourse

In this paper, we explore the historical background and the semantic underpinnings of a central, if marginally treated, metaphor of enlightenment and transmission in Chan discourse, “silent accord” 默契. It features centrally in Essentials of the Transmission of Mind 傳心法要, a text that gathers the teac...

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Published in:Religions
Authors: Järvelä, Aleksi (Author) ; Tähtinen, Tero (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2021]
In: Religions
Further subjects:B Enlightenment
B silent accord
B Transmission
B Chan (Zen) Buddhism
B Pei Xiu
B Huangbo Xiyun
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