Book contents
- Journeys of Transformation
- Reviews
- Journeys of Transformation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments and Author’s Note
- Introduction A Literary Genre and Some Questions about Self-Transformation
- Chapter 1 The Origins of the Genre
- Chapter 2 Peter Matthiessen’s The Snow Leopard and Nine-Headed Dragon River
- Chapter 3 In a Zen Monastery
- Chapter 4 Thomas Merton and Christian and Jewish Pilgrims in Buddhist Asia
- Chapter 5 Walking the Dharma on Shikoku and in India
- Chapter 6 Trekking and Tracking the Self in Tibet
- Chapter 7 Life-Changing Travels in the Tibetan Diaspora
- Chapter 8 Encounters with Theravada Buddhism
- Chapter 9 Searching for Chan Buddhism after Mao
- Conclusion Theories of No-Self, Stories of Unselfing, and Transformation
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Bibliography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 March 2022
Book contents
- Journeys of Transformation
- Reviews
- Journeys of Transformation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments and Author’s Note
- Introduction A Literary Genre and Some Questions about Self-Transformation
- Chapter 1 The Origins of the Genre
- Chapter 2 Peter Matthiessen’s The Snow Leopard and Nine-Headed Dragon River
- Chapter 3 In a Zen Monastery
- Chapter 4 Thomas Merton and Christian and Jewish Pilgrims in Buddhist Asia
- Chapter 5 Walking the Dharma on Shikoku and in India
- Chapter 6 Trekking and Tracking the Self in Tibet
- Chapter 7 Life-Changing Travels in the Tibetan Diaspora
- Chapter 8 Encounters with Theravada Buddhism
- Chapter 9 Searching for Chan Buddhism after Mao
- Conclusion Theories of No-Self, Stories of Unselfing, and Transformation
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
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