{"product_id":"clear-serenity-quiet-insight-paul-l-swanson-9780824873776","title":"Clear Serenity, Quiet Insight: T'Ien-t'Ai Chih-I's Mo-Ho Chih-Kuan, 3-Volume Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Mo-ho chih-kuan (Great cessation-and-contemplation) by T'ien-t'ai Chih-i (538-597) is among the most influential treatises in the long history of Buddhist scholarship. It is known for its brilliant insights and its systematic and comprehensive treatment of the Buddhist tradition. Clear Serenity, Quiet Insight is the first complete, fully annotated translation of this prodigious work by one of today's foremost scholars on T'ien-t'ai (Tendai) Buddhism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe extensive annotation accompanying the translation (Volumes 1 and 2) will help readers understand the original text and implications of crucial passages and ideas, as well as the place the Mo-ho chih-kuan occupies in the development of Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Japanese Buddhism and its critical importance for figures such as Nichiren, who considered Chih-i the \"great master\" and quoted profusely from the text in his own writings. Volume 3 contains ample supplementary materials, including translations of related texts, a comprehensive glossary, and lists of Chinese terms and explanations of various sources.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul L. Swanson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0824873777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780824873776\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Hawaii Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 2280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.20w x 4.00d","brand":"Paul L. Swanson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46807289561343,"sku":"9780824873776","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a9fe44a-1205-49d6-9c1a-fff11aa07ffa.jpg?v=1745379047","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/clear-serenity-quiet-insight-paul-l-swanson-9780824873776","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}