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

• Autore: Leighton Taigen Daniel
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 p.)
• Disciplina: 294.3/85; 294.385
• Soggetto topico: Zen Buddhism
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Visions of awakening space and time
• ISBN: 0-19-988647-4; 1-281-82606-5; 9786611826062; 0-19-972427-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812185803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II