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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wright, Dale Stuart
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Series:Cambridge studies in religious traditions ; v. 13.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.