Mahākāśyapa’s Smile Silent Transmission And The Kung-An (Koan) Tradition
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One THE most famous kung-an in the Ch’an tradition relates the story of how the Buddha’s disciple, Mahakasyapa, broke into a smile when the Buddha held up a flower to an assembly of the san:zgha on Vulture Peak. The standard version of this well-known story is recorded in one of the most widely used kung-an (koan) collections, the Wu-men kuan (J. Mumonkan).
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The Lengyan jing's opposition to 'broad listening' resonated with one of the signature slogans of the Tang-period Chan tradition, 'not establishing words and letters'.
“First of all, the Lengyan jing's opposition to “broad listening” resonated with one of the signature slogans of the Tang-period Chan tradition, “not establishing words and letters” (buli wenzi 不立文字) (Welter 2000: 81)”
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- Authors
- Welter, A.
- Corresponding author
- Welter, Albert
- ORCID
- Welter, Albert
- Venue
- The Kōan
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressNew York, NY
- Published
- 2000-04-20
- Pages
- 75-109
- OpenAlex
- W4388437928
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
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- 0.00
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Indian and Buddhist Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Chinese history and philosophy
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Keywords
- asymptomatic transmission, koan, Zen Buddhism
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