Il presente studio intende indagare gli stati interiori legati alla pratica religiosa nel buddhismo cinese della scuola Chan, in particolare l’esperienza del silenzio. In quali momenti fondamentali il praticante Chan fa l’esperienza del... more
Il presente studio intende indagare gli stati interiori legati alla pratica religiosa nel buddhismo cinese della scuola Chan, in particolare l’esperienza del silenzio. In quali momenti fondamentali il praticante Chan fa l’esperienza del silenzio e sotto quali forme? Cosa egli esperisce esattamente? Le fonti che abbiamo scelto di prendere in considerazione sono tre testi autobiografici prodotti da monaci Chan nei secoli XIII, XVII e XX: questa forma di letteratura religiosa ci permette non soltanto di avvicinarci il più possibile, poiché da un punto di vista interno, al vissuto del silenzio nel Chan, ma ci dà anche l’opportunità di osservare il modo in cui i suoi protagonisti hanno scelto di raccontarlo e di indagare la funzione di tali narrazioni.
Based on ethnographic fieldwork in mainland China, this paper will examine how some Chinese today practising Buddhist meditation in a hybrid way aiming at liberation in contemporary China. Since the century turn, there has been an... more
Based on ethnographic fieldwork in mainland China, this paper will examine how some Chinese today practising Buddhist meditation in a hybrid way aiming at liberation in contemporary China. Since the century turn, there has been an increasing number of Han Chinese monastics and lay people attending various kinds of transnational meditation retreats, highlighting insight (vipassanā) and the foundations of mindfulness (satipaṭṭhāna) from the Theravāda tradition. In this paper, I will explore the case of mahasati dynamic meditation introduced from Thailand to China by Han Chinese. Drawing on recent fieldwork in mainland China, this paper discusses how some Chinese Buddhists today interpret and adapt Theravāda meditation in a Chinese Buddhist cultural setting.
Исследование раннего периода развития направления Чань (дзэн) буддизма в Китае до ХI в., в том числе теории ранней чаньской практики, также включает переводы с комментариями важнейших чаньских текстов: "Сутра помоста Шестого патриарха",... more
Исследование раннего периода развития направления Чань (дзэн) буддизма в Китае до ХI в., в том числе теории ранней чаньской практики, также включает переводы с комментариями важнейших чаньских текстов: "Сутра помоста Шестого патриарха", "Учение о сердце Бодхидхармы", "Речения Ма-цзу", "Речения с лазурного утеса"
Research on the early history and practice of the Buddhism Chan (Zen) in China before 11 c., describing the different approaches to the inner nature of the man, the way to "Buddhahood" and meditation practice. Also includes compete translations with annotations of several important Buddhist texts: "Platform Sutra of the Sixth patriarch", "Sayings of teacher Ma-zu", “Sayings of Bodhidharma about Heart” “Blue cliff records”, etc.
The Expository Commentary to the Daode jing (道德經義疏) by the Daoist monk Cheng Xuanying (7th century CE) is a quintessential text of Tang dynasty Daoist philosophy and of Chongxuanxue or Twofold Mystery teachings. Cheng Xuanying proposes a... more
The Expository Commentary to the Daode jing (道德經義疏) by the Daoist monk Cheng Xuanying (7th century CE) is a quintessential text of Tang dynasty Daoist philosophy and of Chongxuanxue or Twofold Mystery teachings. Cheng Xuanying proposes a reading of the ancient Daode jing that aligns the text with Daoist practices of his times. His philosophical outlook ties together the ancient text of the Daode jing and contemporary developments in Daoist thought which occurred under the influence of an intense interaction with Buddhist ideas. The commentary is a vivid testimony of the integration of Buddhist thought into an exegesis of the ancient classic of the Daode jing, and thereby also into Chinese philosophy.
