Visions of awakening space and time : Dōgen and the Lotus sutra
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Visions of awakening space and time : Dōgen and the Lotus sutra
Oxford University Press, 2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-168) and index
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Description
As a religion concerned with eternal salvation, Zen is based on and grew out of a Buddhist worldview very different from the currently prevalent scientific materialism. Leighton explicates this worldview through the writings of the Zen master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), considered the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen tradition, which is now spreading in many places in the West. Broader awareness of Dogen's worldview and its implications, says Leighton, is helpful for a
modern understanding of Zen and Mahayana praxis, and is relevant to contemporary environmental and ethical concerns.
Table of Contents
I.: The Pivotal Lotus Story and Dogen's Worldview
II.: Hermeneutics and Discourse Styles in Study of the Lotus Sutra and Dogen
III.: Selected East Asian Interpretations of the Story
IV.: Dogen's Interpretations of this Lotus Sutra Story
V.: Dogen's View of Earth, Space, and Time Seen in Mahayana Context
Afterword: Implications of Dogen's Mahayana Worldview
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