Dogen′s Manuals

1. Auflage 1990
ISBN: 978-0-520-06835-3
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 267 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 382 g

Zen Buddhism is perhaps best known for its emphasis on meditation, and probably no figure in the history of Zen is more closely associated with meditation practice than the thirteenth-century Japanese master Dogen, founder of the Soto school. This study examines the historical and religious character of the practice as it is described in Dogen's own meditation texts, introducing new materials and original perspectives on one of the most influential spiritual traditions of East Asian civilization.

The Soto version of Zen meditation is known as "just sitting," a practice in which, through the cultivation of the subtle state of "nonthinking," the meditator is said to be brought into perfect accord with the higher consciousness of the "Buddha mind" inherent in all beings. This study examines the historical and religious character of the practice as it is described in Dogen's own meditation texts, introducing new materials and original perspectives on one of the most influential spiritual traditions of East Asian civilization.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bielefeldt, Carl

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Zen-Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part 1: Texts
1. The Earliest Manual and the Origins ofDogen's Zen
2. The Vulgate Manual and the Development of Dagen's Zen

Part II: Sources
3· Ch'ang-lu Tsung-tse and the New Meditation Literature
4· The Sudden Practice and the Ch'an Meditation Discourse

Part III: Teachings
5· The Essential Art of Meditation and the Authentic Tradition of Enlightenment
6. Nonthinking and the Practice of the Seated Buddha

Conclusion
Documents
1. "On the Origin of the 'Principles of Seated Meditation'"
("Fukan zazen gi senjutsu yurai")
2. "Principles of Seated Meditation":

A Comparative Translation ofDogen's Meditation Manuals
A. Ch'an-yilan ch'ing-kuei Tso-ch'an i
B. Tenpuku Fukan zazen gi
C. Koroku Fukan zazen gi
D. Shabo genzo zazen gi
E. Bendo hO ["zazen ho"]
3· "Lancet of Seated Meditation"
(Shobo genzo zazen shin)

Glossary of Chinese and japanese Names and Terms
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Carl Bielefeldt is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University.