Silent Accord: <i>Qi </i>契 as a Metaphor for Enlightenment and Transmission in Chan Buddhist Discourse

In this paper, we explore the historical background and the semantic underpinnings of a central, if marginally treated, metaphor of enlightenment and transmission in Chan discourse, “silent accord” 默契. It features centrally in <i>Essentials of the Transmission of Mind </i>傳心法要, a text th...

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Main Authors: Aleksi Järvelä, Tero Tähtinen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/4/279