{"product_id":"china-root-david-hinton-9781611807134","title":"China Root: Taoism, Ch'an, and Original Zen","description":"\u003cb\u003eA beautifully compelling and liberating guide to the original nature of Zen in ancient China by renowned author and translator David Hinton.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuddhism migrated from India to China in the first century C.E., and Ch'an (Japanese: Zen) is generally seen as China's most distinctive and enduring form of Buddhism. In \u003ci\u003eChina Root\u003c\/i\u003e, however, David Hinton shows how Ch'an was in fact a Buddhist-influenced extension of Taoism, China's native system of spiritual philosophy. Unlike Indian Buddhism's abstract sensibility, Ch'an was grounded in an earthy and empirically-based vision. Exploring this vision, Hinton describes Ch'an as a kind of anti-Buddhism. A radical and wild practice aspiring to a deeply ecological liberation: the integration of individual consciousness with landscape and with a Cosmos seen as harmonious and alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eChina Root\u003c\/i\u003e, Hinton describes this original form of Zen with his trademark clarity and elegance, each chapter exploring in enlightening ways a core Ch'an concept--such as meditation, mind, Buddha, awakening--as it was originally understood and practiced in ancient China. Finally, by examining a range of standard translations in the Appendix, Hinton reveals how this original understanding and practice of Ch'an\/Zen is almost entirely missing in contemporary American Zen, because it was lost in Ch'an's migration from China through Japan and on to the West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether you practice Zen or not, taking this journey on the wings of Hinton's remarkable insight and powerful writing will transform how you understand yourself and the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Hinton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611807131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611807134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shambhala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"David Hinton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050899960063,"sku":"9781611807134","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_102867f2-c4ff-4581-8d5a-be116eb91ee1.jpg?v=1685009903","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/china-root-david-hinton-9781611807134","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}