What is it about?
One of the most important texts in the history of Chan / Zen buddhism, the "Blue Cliff Record", is full of ironic anecdotes and weird stories. The article performs an analysis of several cases in the attempt of shedding light on one of the most popular yet obscure schools of Buddhism
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Why is it important?
Many Chan / Zen texts are ironic, and yet few scholarly texts have explored this irony.
Perspectives
How could "Go trampling on Vairocana's head!" be a religious injunction? I was curious to understand that.
Dr. Rudi Capra
Wuhan University
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This page is a summary of: Go Trampling on Vairocana’s Head! Role and Functions of Irony in the Blue Cliff Record, Dao, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s11712-020-09748-7.
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