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Introduction: One Man's Journey To Zen/chan -- 1. A Paradigm Shift For Zen/chan Studies -- 2. Is Zen/chan A Mysterium Ineffabile? -- 3. Is Zen/chan A School Of Buddhism? -- 4. What Is The Authentic Nature Of Chan School? -- 5. Enlightenment As Momentary Return To Pre-natal Mind -- 6. A Neuroscientific Approach To Zen/chan And Enlightenment -- 7. What Makes Zen/chan Thought Unique And Original? -- 8. Ideology, Mindfulness, And Transcultural Religion -- Conclusion: Zen/chan Is The Dao/tao Of No Thinking -- Bibliography -- Index. Ming Dong Gu. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. London Available Via World Wide Web. Ming Dong Gu Is Katherine R. Cecil Professor In The School Of Arts, Humanities, And Technology, The University Of Texas At Dallas And Visiting Chair Professor Of Humanities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His Main Research Interest Covers Comparative Poetics And Thought. Recent Publications Include Fusion Of Critical Horizons In Chinese And Western Language, Poetics, Aesthetics (palgrave Macmillan 2021) And Why Traditional Chinese Philosophy Still Matters (routledge, 2018).