Heine Readings of Dogen's "Treasury of the True Dharma Eye"

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-231-54408-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Shobogenzo) is the masterwork of Dogen (1200–1253), founder of the Soto Zen Buddhist sect in Kamakura-era Japan. Steven Heine provides a comprehensive introduction to this essential Zen text, offering a textual, historical, literary, and philosophical examination of Dogen’s treatise.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heine, Steven

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Buddhismus: Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Zen-Buddhismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface
Part I. Textual Sources and Resources
1. Creativity and Originality: Orientations, Reorientations, and Disorientations
2. Receptivity and Reliability: Numerous Levels of Significance
3. Multiplicity and Variability: Differing Versions and Interpretations
Part II. Religious Teachings and Practices
4. Reality and Mentality: On Perceiving the World of Sentient and Insentient Beings
5. Temporality and Ephemerality: On Negotiating Living and Dying
6. Expressivity and Deceptivity: To Speak or Not to Speak
7. Reflexivity and Adaptability: The Functions and Dysfunctions of Meditation
8. Rituality and Causality: On Monastic Discipline and Motivation
Appendix 1: Titles of Treasury Fascicles
Appendix 2: Comparison of Versions of the Treasury
Appendix 3: Timeline for Dogen and the Treasury
Appendix 4: Complete Translations of the Treasury
Character Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Steven Heine is professor of religious studies and history and director of Asian studies at Florida International University. His many books include Did Dogen Go to China: What He Wrote and When He Wrote It (2006) and Dogen: Textual and Historical Studies (2013).