Record Nr.

UNINA9910812185803321

Autore

Leighton Taigen Daniel

Titolo

Visions of awakening space and time : Dogen and the Lotus sutra / / Taigen Dan Leighton

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-988647-4

1-281-82606-5

9786611826062

0-19-972427-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Disciplina

294.3/85

294.385

Soggetti

Zen Buddhism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-168) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. The Pivotal Lotus Story and Dōgen's Worldview; 2. Hermeneutics and Discourse Styles in Studies of the Lotus Sutra and Dōgen; 3. Selected East Asian Interpretations of the Story; 4. Dōgen's Interpretations of This Lotus Sutra Story; 5. Dōgen's View of Earth, Space, and Time Seen in Mahāyāna Context; Afterword: Implications of Dōgen's Mahāyāna Worldview; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

As a religion concerned with universal liberation, Zen grew out of a Buddhist worldview very different from the currently prevalent scientific materialism. Indeed, says Taigen Dan Leighton, Zen cannot be fully understood outside of a worldview that sees reality itself as a vital, dynamic agent of awareness and healing. In this book, Leighton explicates that worldview through the writings of the Zen master Eihei D?gen (1200-1253), considered the founder of the Japanese S?t? Zen tradition, which currently enjoys increasing popularity in the West. The Lotus Sutra, arguably the most important Budd