Steven Heine

Readings of Dogen's "Treasury of the True Dharma Eye" (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

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. It is one of the most important Zen Buddhist collections, composed during a period of remarkable religious diversity and experimentation. The text is complex and compelling, famed for its eloquent yet perplexing manner of expressing the core precepts of Zen teachings and practice.

This book is a comprehensive introduction to this essential Zen text, offering a textual, historical, literary, and philosophical examination of Dogen's treatise. Steven Heine explores the religious and cultural context in which the Treasury was composed and provides a detailed study of the various versions of the medieval text that have been compiled over the centuries. He includes nuanced readings of Dogen's use of inventive rhetorical flourishes and the range of East Asian Buddhist textual and cultural influences that shaped the work. Heine explicates the philosophical implications of Dogen's views on contemplative experience and attaining and sustaining enlightenment, showing the depth of his distinctive understanding of spiritual awakening. Readings of Dogen's Treasury of the True Dharma Eye will give students and other readers a full understanding of this fundamental work of world religious literature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780231544085
• Artikelnr.: 58301146

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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 D¿gen and the Treasury
Appendix 4: Complete Translations of the Treasury
Character Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index