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Year: 1991

Pages: 287-309

Series: Human Studies

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Richard Buttny, Thomas L. Isbell, "The problem of communicating zen understanding", Human Studies 14 (4), 1991, pp. 287-309.

The problem of communicating zen understanding

a microanalysis of teacher-student interviews in a north american zen monastery

Richard Buttny

Thomas L. Isbell

pp. 287-309

in: Human Studies 14 (4), 1991.

Abstract

Sometimes the dialogue which you read inkoans or the dialogue that takes place in the interview room doesn't make sense, it's not intended to make sense because it's not a rational, linear sequential thing, thisBodhidharma, whatever you think it is it's not. It's not an idea, it's not a concept, it's alive and it's working. How to see that, how to express that is what the dynamics of interview, ofDharma talk are about.

Publication details

Year: 1991

Pages: 287-309

Series: Human Studies

Full citation:

Richard Buttny, Thomas L. Isbell, "The problem of communicating zen understanding", Human Studies 14 (4), 1991, pp. 287-309.