Visions of Awakening Space and Time

Dōgen and the Lotus Sutra

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

As a religion concerned with eternal salvation, Zen is based on and grew out of a Buddhist worldview very different from the currently prevalent scientific materialism. Leighton explicates this worldview through the writings of the Zen master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), considered the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen tradition, which is now spreading in many places in the West. Broader awareness of Dogen's worldview and its implications, says Leighton, is helpful for a modern understanding of Zen and Mahayana praxis, and is relevant to contemporary environmental and ethical concerns.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-05-17
Mått:156 x 234 x 12 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195320930

Utforska kategorier

Buddhism inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Taigen Dan Leighton is an Adjunct Professor at the Graduate Theological Union, Institute of Buddhist Studies and author of Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression. He is primary co-translator and editor for several Zen translations, including D=ogen's Extensive Record and Cultivating the Empty Field. He is also a S=ot=o Zen priest and Dharma heir.

Recensioner i media

Among the eminent Buddhist figures of premodern Japan, perhaps none has drawn more attention in the West than the Zen master Dogen (1200-1253). In a fresh approach, this volume moves beyond Dogen's explicitly Zen heritage to explore his indebtedness to the imagery and rhetorical strategies of the Lotus Sutra in articulating his vision of practice. Leighton is sensitive to the playfulness and creativity of Dogen's hermeneutics. His study will be welcomed by readers interested in the Mahayana as literature and in situating Dogen within the broader intellectual currents of his day.

Innehållsförteckning

I.: The Pivotal Lotus Story and Dogen's Worldview II.: Hermeneutics and Discourse Styles in Study of the Lotus Sutra and Dogen III.: Selected East Asian Interpretations of the Story IV.: Dogen's Interpretations of this Lotus Sutra Story V.: Dogen's View of Earth, Space, and Time Seen in Mahayana Context Afterword: Implications of Dogen's Mahayana Worldview Endnotes Bibliography