The Ch'an Master Shen-hsiu (606-706) Three Literary Portraits of a Patriarch Manqué - A MA Thesis by Charles H Lachman Jr AB (1973).pdf

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The Ch'an Master Shen-hsiu (+606? +706): Three
Literary Portraits of a Patriarch Manqué
Charles Henry Lachman
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THE CIte AN l1ASTER SHEN ...
HSIU~
THREE
LIT~R.ARY
POR'rRAITS
THE CH'AN'MASTER SHEN-RSIU (+6061 -
70.6):
Thr~e
Literary Portraits Of
:A Patriarch
Manque
Cnarles H. Lachman, Jr.
AoBo
April 1,
197.3
A Thesis
Subm1 ttelii To The School Of' Gra.duate
Studies In .. Partial
Fulfillment Of
I
The Requirements Of. The
Degree
11a.ster
or
Arts
i
.
lVIASTER OF
ARTS
(19741)
(Religious Sciences)
}lcl1ASTER UNIVEB.SrTY
Hamilton, Ontario
The
Ch~an
Master Shen-hsiu
(+606? +706):
Three
Li terary Po:Jtrai ts of a Patriarch fJlanque·
Au'rHOR:
Charles HenI1Y Lachman, Jr"g AoBo
Profesaor
K.
Shinohara
xi;
II
123
The Ch
Q
an flaster Shen-hsi u was a
(Temple University)
SUPERVISOR:
NUlYIBER
OF
PAGES:
SCOPE AND CONrEN'rS:
pi votal figure in the Idevelopment of Ch
e
an Buddhism in
China..
I'radi tionally
s
he has been cast as a staunch de-
fender of ugradual en]ightenment
U ,
in contradistinction
to his rival and surpalsser, Hui-neng
p
who espoused the
"sudden doctrine"o
This thesis
re-~xamines
the above portrayal of Shen-
hsl1:1. as a liPatriarch manque
It
in light of several doctrinal
and biographical documents, heretofore Qutranslated.
conclude, on the basis of this examination, that Shen-
hslu has indeed been mis-represented in traditional ac-
counts; however, it is our further contention that this
portrai t i tself---vJ"hen view·ed as a !lnega ti ve paradigm
11 __ _
serves to
1.mcterscore
the centrality of the enlightenment
experience"
Ive
-i1-
Dedicated To
. 14Y MENTORS
~
I
My rabbi
h~s
a silver buddha.
my priest
ha.s a
Jade talisman.
~1y
doctor sees a marvellous omen
tn
our proionged Indian summer.
I
My rabbi,
~y
priest
from shelves in the
The trinkets cannot
They wonder what to
stole their trinkets
holy of holies.
be eaten.
do
l~l
th them.
My doctor is happy as a pig
although
h~
is dying of exposure.
He has finished his big book
on the phailus as a phallic symbol.
My
zen master is a grand old fool.
I caught htm worshipping me yesterday,
so I made fuim stand in a foul corner
with my
ra~bl,
my priest, and my doctor.
---LEONARD COHEN

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