“Encounter dialogue” is perhaps the most recognizable of all (Zen) Buddhist genres. Better known under their abbreviated form as kōan, these texts portray mysterious verbal sparring bouts between Zen masters ...read more
Recently, the Department of Languages and Cultures with the Centre for Buddhist Studies at Ghent University has joined a large multidisciplinary project on East Asian religions (for a short abstract, ...read more
This project examines aspects of the textual history and literary characteristics of the two earliest, fully extant multilineal lamp records of the Chán Buddhist tradition: (1) the Zǔtáng jí 祖堂集 (Collection of ...read more