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Shifting Shape, Shaping Text: Philosophy and Folklore in Fox Koan
Shifting Shape Shaping Text Philosophy and Folklore in Fox Koan
Author: Steven Heine
According to the "Fox Koan", the second case in the "Wu-men Kuan Koan" collection, Zen master Pai-chang encounters a fox who claims to be a former abbot punished through endless reincarnations for denying the efficacy of karmic causality. Most traditional interpretations of the "Koan" focus on the philosophical issue of causality in relation to ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780824821500
ISBN-10: 0824821505
Pages: 295
Edition: illustrated edition
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Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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