PHILOSOPHICAL MEDITATIONS ON ZEN BUDDHISM ,9780521590105

PHILOSOPHICAL MEDITATIONS ON ZEN BUDDHISM

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ISBN13: 9780521590105
ISBN10: 0521590108
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1998-11-13
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

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 in medieval China, and on the transmission of these writings to the West. While deeply sympathetic to the Zen tradition, it raises serious questions about the kinds of claims that can be made on its behalf.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii
Textuality: the ``dependent origination'' of Huang Po
1(19)
Reading: the practice of insight
20(21)
Understanding: the context of enlightenment
41(22)
Language: the sphere of immediacy
63(19)
Rhetoric: the instrument of mediation
82(22)
History: the genealogy of mind
104(15)
Freedom: the practice of constraint
119(20)
Transcendence: ``going beyond'' Huang Po
139(18)
Mind: the ``Great Matter'' of Zen
157(24)
Enlightenment: the awakening of mind
181(36)
Conclusion: Zen in theory and practice
207(10)
Bibliography 217(8)
Index 225

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