“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 explores the textual history and the literary features of the two earliest extant multi-lineal Chán lamp records: (1) the Zǔtáng jí 祖堂集 (Patriarchs’ Hall Collection, K.1503; henceforth ZTJ), ...read more