Zen Skin, Zen Marrow

Name: Zen Skin, Zen Marrow
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc
SKU: 9780195326772
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Will the Real Zen Buddhism Please Stand Up?

Szerző: Steven Heine

Nyelv:

Kötés: Kemény kötésű

Kiadó: Oxford University Press Inc

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Since Zen Buddhism first captivated the attention of Western seekers the dominant discourse about th...

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Szerző

Steven Heine

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Kemény kötésű

Kiadva

2008

oldal

232

EAN

9780195326772

ISBN

0195326776

Enbook ID

04517706

Kiadó

Oxford University Press Inc

Súly

522

Méretek

240 x 164 x 20

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Since Zen Buddhism first captivated the attention of Western seekers the dominant discourse about this sect has been romantic, idealistic, and utopian. The essence of Zen has been described as ineffable, wholistic, and promoting social harmony. In recent years, however, some scholars have begun to examine Zen through the lenses of historical and cultural criticism, producing a sharp challenge to the traditional view. These clashing viewpoints are now entrenched in two warring camps, and their exponents talk past each other with virtually no constructive interaction. In this book, Steven Heine argues that a constructive compromise is possible. He focuses on three principal areas of disagreement: (1) the role of language and discourse in a tradition that claims to be 'outside words and letters,' yet has produced a voluminous body of texts, (2) the function of rituals and objects of worship to gain world benefit in a tradition supposedly founded on unmediated experience attained in an iconoclastic and ascetic environment, (3) the impact of a tradition that espouses peace and harmony on social issues such as class and gender discrimination and on nationalism and imperialism in Japan.Avoiding the stagnant polarization that characterizes most encounters between Zen traditionalists and their critics, he suggests ways in which these two perspectives can complement each other in a more balanced and nuanced alternative position.

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