The Buddhist I Ching
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Rating | : | 4.52 (662 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0877734089 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
Language | : | Chinese |
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Beautiful Translation of a Classic C. J. Guleff I originally purchased this translation to see what a Buddhist treatment of the I Ching would look like. I already had a number of other translations, including some of the "standards" or "classics." This has since become one of my most-used I Ching editions. I use it to understan. Michael P. McGarry said Buddhist Wisdom for a Changing World. The *I Ching* is the world's oldest divination text. Based on the ancient Chinese philosophy of Yin and Yang, it provides timeless wisdom about how to negotiate the changing nature of events. In seventeenth century China, the Buddhist commentator Chih-hsu Ou-i (1599-1655) wrote a . gnostix1 said Not for beginners.. Cleary, as ever, does a marvelous job of translating with clarity without imposing an agenda.Chih-hsu Ou-i set himself the task of interpreting the I Ching in terms of a political manual, a Taoist/Confucionist text, and a Buddhist primer. His interpretations are by turns insightfu
A new translation of the I Ching, with a commentary on its Buddhist meaning.
His work influenced the development of modern Buddhism in China. . Chih-hsu Ou-i (1599–1655) wrote commentaries on dozens of Buddhist texts and Chinese classics and was proficient in both esoteric and exoteric studies
Language Notes Text: English, Chinese (translation)