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Commendation Quotes:
It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of the T'ien-t'ai school and its foundational text, Chih-i's
Mo-ho chih-kuan, for understanding East Asian Buddhism's past and present. Paul Swanson's mastery of the text and his exceptional skills as a translator and annotator make
Clear Serenity, Quiet Insight a truly vital work of scholarship that will be valued today and for a great many years to come.--Gene Reeves, translator of The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic
Commendation Quotes:
The Mo-ho chih-kuan, a grand systematizing of Buddhist teachings and practice methods by the sixth-century Chinese master Chih-i, profoundly shaped the development of East Asian Buddhism. Now Paul Swanson's meticulous and superbly annotated translation makes the whole of this foundational work available for the first time in a Western language. A monumental scholarly achievement, Clear Serenity, Quiet Insight will endure for generations and open a new era in Buddhist studies.--Jacqueline Stone, professor of religion, Princeton University
Biographical Note:
Paul L. Swanson is a Permanent Research Fellow at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, Nanzan University.
Review Quotes:
Swanson's translation of Tiantai Zhiyi's work, the
Mohezhiguan, is a heroic and masterful work of scholarship, the result of several decades of painstaking research, consummate sensitivity to the challenges of translation, and deep knowledge of Buddhist scripture and Buddhist thought, executed with assiduous attention to detail and innovative solutions to thorny interpretive conundrums. The work has long been a fabled work in progress avidly anticipated by all students of Tiantai and Tendai thought and indeed of East Asian Buddhism in general, and its arrival after this long wait is a cause for unambiguous and emphatic celebration. . . . The world should be deeply grateful to Swanson for giving it this work.-- "H-Net Reviews"
Commendation Quotes:
The
Mo-ho chih-kuan, a grand systematizing of Buddhist teachings and practice methods by the sixth-century Chinese master Chih-i, profoundly shaped the development of East Asian Buddhism. Now Paul Swanson's meticulous and superbly annotated translation makes the whole of this foundational work available for the first time in a Western language. A monumental scholarly achievement,
Clear Serenity, Quiet Insight will endure for generations and open a new era in Buddhist studies.--Jacqueline Stone, professor of religion, Princeton University
Contributor Bio:Swanson, Paul L
Paul L. Swanson is a Permanent Research Fellow at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, Nanzan University.
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