Dogen

Historical and Textual Studies
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-975447-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 509 g

In this groundbreaking collection of essays edited by Steven Heine, leading scholars of Buddhism from both sides of the Pacific explore the life and thought of Zen Master Dogen (1200-1253), the founder of the Japanese Soto sect. Through both textual and historical analysis, the volume shows Dogen in context of the Chinese Chan tradition that influenced him and demonstrates the tremendous, lasting impact he had on Buddhist thought and culture in Japan.

The essays provide critical new insight into Dogen's writings. Special attention is given to the Shobogenzo and several of its fascicles, which express Dogen's views on such practices and rituals as using supranormal powers (jinzu), reading the sutras (kankin), diligent training in zazen meditation (shikan taza), and the koan realized in everyday life (genjokoan). Dogen: Textual and Historical Studies also analyzes the historical significance of this seminal figure: for instance, Dogen's
methods of appropriating Chan sources and his role relative to that of his Japanese Zen predecessor Eisai, considered the founder of the Rinzai sect, who preceded Dogen in traveling to China.

This book is a crucial contribution to the advancement of specialized studies of Dogen, as well as to the Chan/Zen school in the context of East Asian religions and their social and historical trends.

Zielgruppe

Students and scholars of Japanese and Chinese religion, East Asian Buddhism, comparative mysticism; zen practitioners

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heine, Steven

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Zen-Buddhismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Dogen Studies on Both Sides of the Pacific

Part I. Textual Studies
1. William M. Bodiford - Textual Genealogies of Dogen
2. Steven Heine - What's On the Other Side? Delusion and Reality in Dogen's 'Genjokoan'
3. T. Griffith Foulk - Just Sitting? Dogen's Take on Zazen, Sutra Reading, and Other Conventional Buddhist Practices
4. Steven Heine - A Day in the Life: Dogen's View of Chan Lineages and Practices in 'Gyoji
5. Taigen Dan Leighton - Dogen's Approach to Training in Eihei koroku

Part II. Historical Studies
6. Ishii Sh?do - An Evaluation of Dogen Zen from the Perspective of Song Chan
7. Albert Welter - Zen Syncretism: An Examination of Dogen's Zen Thought in Light of Yongming Yanshou's Chan Teaching in the Zongjing lu
8. Carl Bielefeldt - Disarming the Superpowers: The abhijna in Eisai and Dogen
9. William M. Bodiford - Remembering Dogen: Eiheiji and Dogen Hagiography
10. Ishii Seijun - New Trends in Dogen Studies in Japan

Notes
Glossary
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Professor of Religion and History, and Director of the Institute for Asian Studies, Florida International University