{"product_id":"records-of-the-transmission-of-the-lamp-jingde-chuadeng-lu-volume-5-books-18-21-heirs-of-master-xuefeng-yicun-et-al-9783746072869","title":"Records of the Transmission of the Lamp (Jingde Chuadeng Lu): Volume 5 (Books 18-21) - Heirs of Master Xuefeng Yicun et al.","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRecords of the Transmission of the Lamp (Jingde Chuadeng Lu): Volume 5\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis fifth volume of the complete Jingde Chuadeng Lu translation presents Books 18-21, focusing on the heirs of Master Xuefeng Yicun and their transmission lineages. As part of a comprehensive thirty-book series, this volume continues the documentation of Chan (Zen) Buddhist masters from ancient India through Chinese Buddhist history up to approximately 1008 CE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical Significance of This Translation\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Jingde Chuadeng Lu represents a pivotal moment in Buddhist literature—the mature synthesis of Indian Buddhist philosophy with Chinese spiritual traditions after a millennium of cultural exchange. This compilation, completed during the Song Dynasty, preserves essential biographical records, teaching dialogues, and transmission stories that shaped Chan Buddhism's development across Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eContent Coverage: Books 18-21\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVolume 5 specifically documents the dharma heirs of Master Xuefeng Yicun, a significant figure in Chan lineage transmission. These four books contain biographical accounts, teaching exchanges, and transmission records that illustrate how Chan practice evolved through successive generations of masters. The text preserves authentic accounts of how these teachers guided students toward direct realization through their distinctive teaching methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eRelevance to Contemporary Practice\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe central teaching preserved in these records—that Chan practice enables free participation in life's open-ended play—addresses the restless conditions of 11th century Song China while remaining applicable to modern spiritual seekers. The transmission stories demonstrate practical approaches to meditation practice and spiritual realization that transcend their historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTranslation and Accessibility\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis paperback edition makes previously inaccessible Chinese Buddhist historical texts available to English-reading practitioners and scholars. The translation maintains scholarly accuracy while presenting the material in accessible contemporary English, serving both academic research and personal spiritual study.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eSeries Context\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the fifth installment in the complete thirty-book translation project, this volume builds upon earlier volumes while standing as an independent resource for those interested in the Xuefeng Yicun lineage specifically. The complete series documents the entire scope of Chan Buddhist transmission history preserved in Daoyuan's original compilation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\nThis compilation of Buddhist biographies, teaching and transmission stories of Indian and Chinese Chan (Japanese 'Zen') masters from antiquity up to about the year 1008 CE is the first mature fruit of an already thousand year-long spiritual marriage between two great world cultures with quite different ways of viewing the world. The fertilisation of Chinese spirituality by Indian Buddhism fructified the whole of Asian culture. The message of this work, that Chan practice can enable a free participation in life's open-ended play, seems as necessary to our own time as it was to the restless times of 11th century Song China. This is the fifth volume of a full translation of this work in thirty books.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Books on Demand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493391962386,"sku":"9783746072869","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7709fd6d-cad5-4c2e-bc36-dc76a6bb21de.jpg?v=1737216024","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/records-of-the-transmission-of-the-lamp-jingde-chuadeng-lu-volume-5-books-18-21-heirs-of-master-xuefeng-yicun-et-al-9783746072869","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}