Zen and the White Whale: A Buddhist Rendering of Moby-Dickexamines how Herman Melville's Moby-Dick may have been influenced by contemporaneous sources of information about Buddhist thought and considers the book from a Zen Buddhist perspective, as it is expressed in both ancient and modern teachings.
Zen and the White Whale: A Buddhist Rendering of Moby-Dickexamines how Herman Melville's Moby-Dick may have been influenced by contemporaneous sources of information about Buddhist thought and considers the book from a Zen Buddhist perspective, as it is expressed in both ancient and modern teachings.
Daniel Herman teaches American literature at San Francisco State University and the University of San Francisco.
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Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1: Melville's Encounters with Buddhism 1. The Prologue to Buddhist Studies 2. A Universal Absorber 3. Bayle's Dictionary 4. Possibilities and Probabilities 5. Mardi and Other Mysteries Part 2: Ishmael's Way-Seeking Mind 6. Groundlessness 7. Narcissus and Dongshan 8. Searching for Ishmael 9. Whaling Life, Monastic Life 10. Ishmael's Meditation 11. Impermanence and Interdependence 12. Philosophy, Koans, and Silence Part 3: Moby Dick's Inscrutable Selflessness 13. Sarcastic Science 14. The First Principle of All Things 15. Whiteness 16. The Measurements of the Whale Skeleton 17. Ox-Herding Part 4: Captain Ahab's Universe 18. A Factionalized Consciousness 19. Savagery Beyond Savagery 20. Faith and the Three Mates 21. The Doubloon 22. Pip, Who Jumped from a Whale-Boat 23. Ahab's Awakening 24. Pacific Conclusion Bibliography About the Author
Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1: Melville's Encounters with Buddhism 1. The Prologue to Buddhist Studies 2. A Universal Absorber 3. Bayle's Dictionary 4. Possibilities and Probabilities 5. Mardi and Other Mysteries Part 2: Ishmael's Way-Seeking Mind 6. Groundlessness 7. Narcissus and Dongshan 8. Searching for Ishmael 9. Whaling Life, Monastic Life 10. Ishmael's Meditation 11. Impermanence and Interdependence 12. Philosophy, Koans, and Silence Part 3: Moby Dick's Inscrutable Selflessness 13. Sarcastic Science 14. The First Principle of All Things 15. Whiteness 16. The Measurements of the Whale Skeleton 17. Ox-Herding Part 4: Captain Ahab's Universe 18. A Factionalized Consciousness 19. Savagery Beyond Savagery 20. Faith and the Three Mates 21. The Doubloon 22. Pip, Who Jumped from a Whale-Boat 23. Ahab's Awakening 24. Pacific Conclusion Bibliography About the Author
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