Philosophical meditations on Zen Buddhism /

This book is the first to engage Zen Buddhism philosophically on crucial issues from a perspective that is informed by the traditions of western philosophy and religion. It focuses on one renowned Zen master, Huang Po, whose recorded sayings exemplify the spirit of the 'golden age' of Zen...

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Tác giả chính: Wright, Dale Stuart
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Loạt:Cambridge studies in religious traditions ; v. 13.
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Mục lục:
  • 1. Textuality: the "dependent origination" of Huang Po
  • 2. Reading: the practice of insight
  • 3. Understanding: the context of enlightenment
  • 4. Language: the sphere of immediacy
  • 5. Rhetoric: the instrument of mediation
  • 6. History: the genealogy of mind
  • 7. Freedom: the practice of constraint
  • 8. Transcendence: "going beyond" Huang Po
  • 9. Mind: the "Great Matter" of Zen
  • 10. Enlightenment: the awakening of mind
  • Conclusion: Zen in theory and practice.