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- Visions of Awakening Space and Time : DōGen and the Lotus Sutra
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As a religion concerned with universal liberation, Zen grew out of a Buddhist worldview very different from the currently prevalent scientific materialism. Indeed, says Taigen Dan Leighton, Zen cannot be fully understood outside of a worldview that sees reality itself as a vital, dynamic agent of awareness and healing. In this book, Leighton explicates that worldview through the writings of the Zen master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), considered the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen tradition, which currently enjoys increasing popularity in the West. The Lotus Sutra, arguably the most important Buddhist scripture in East Asia, contains a famous story about bodhisattvas (enlightening beings) who emerge from under the earth to preserve and expound the Lotus teaching in the distant future. The story reveals that the Buddha only appears to pass away, but actually has been practicing, and will continue to do so, over an inconceivably long life span. Leighton traces commentaries on the Lotus Sutra from a range of key East Asian Buddhist thinkers, including Daosheng, Zhiyi, Zhanran, Saigyo, Myoe, Nichiren, Hakuin, and Ryokan. But his main focus is Eihei Dogen, the 13th century Japanese Soto Zen founder who imported Zen from China, and whose profuse, provocative, and poetic writings are important to the modern expansion of Buddhism to the West. Dogen's use of this sutra expresses the critical role of Mahayana vision and imagination as the context of Zen teaching, and his interpretations of this story furthermore reveal his dynamic worldview of the earth, space, and time themselves as vital agents of spiritual awakening. Leighton argues that Dogen uses the images and metaphors in this story to express his own religious worldview, in which earth, space, and time are lively agents in the bodhisattva project. Broader awareness of Dogen's worldview and its implications, says Leighton, can illuminate the possibilities for contemporary approaches to primary Mahayana concepts and practices.
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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9780195320930
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Visions of Awakening Space and Time : DōGen and the Lotus Sutra
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Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
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Textbook
Number of Pages
208 Pages
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6.1in
Item Height
0.5in
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9.2in
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"Among the eminent Buddhist figures of premodern Japan, perhaps none has drawn more attention in the West than the Zen master Dogen (1200-1253). In a fresh approach, this volume moves beyond Dogen's explicitly Zen heritage to explore his indebtedness to the imagery and rhetorical strategies ofthe Lotus Sutra in articulating his vision of practice. Leighton is sensitive to the playfulness and creativity of Dogen's hermeneutics. His study will be welcomed by readers interested in the Mahayana as literature and in situating Dogen within the broader intellectual currents of his day." --Jacqueline I. Stone, author of Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism, "Among the eminent Buddhist figures of premodern Japan, perhaps none has drawn more attention in the West than the Zen master Dogen (1200-1253). In a fresh approach, this volume moves beyond Dogen's explicitly Zen heritage to explore his indebtedness to the imagery and rhetorical strategies of the Lotus Sutra in articulating his vision of practice. Leighton is sensitive to the playfulness and creativity of Dogen's hermeneutics. His study will be welcomed by readers interested in the Mahayana as literature and in situating Dogen within the broader intellectual currents of his day." -- Jacqueline I. Stone, author of Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism"This book is an exploration of Dogen's writings on space and time, especially as they relate to the central message of the Lotus Sutra. It demonstrates unity of practice and book learning in Japanese Zen and the unity of the Zen tradition and Buddhist teaching traditions such as Tendai and Kegon. Anyone interested in philosophical or literary aspects of D?gen 's teachings and their relationship to Buddhist scriptures will find much to savor. Buddhist practitioners who wish to know how traditional scriptures can speak to contemporary concerns will find much to digest. " -- William Bodiford, author of Soto Zen in Medieval Japan"This richly woven study brings us new insights into the dynamic role of Earth in Mahayana Buddhist understandings of enlightenment. Leighton reveals a transmission of the Buddha Dharma in which the utter reality of the phenomenal world is not to be questioned, nor is impermanence to be transcended. Time and space are rather to be experienced as the spiritually nourishing womb of our awakening. Right now, when ecological crises imperil the future of conscious life, and when, at the same time, Gaia theory invites us to understand ourselves as intrinsic parts of a living Earth, this work of scholarship is good news indeed." -- Joanna Macy, author Coming Back to Life"A premier translator of two of Dogen's major works, Eihei Shingi and Eihei Koroku, has now turned his sights to an analysis of Dogen in East Asian theoretical contexts with illuminating results. This very thoughtful, informative, and highly original study makes a significant contribution to both Dogen and Lotus Sutra studies by showing how Dogen's Zen is rooted in Mahayana worldview, and also how the Lotus Sutra was a key resource for Japanese Zen. Leighton does an outstanding job of juxtaposing the seminal Lotus Sutra with the main writings of Dogen, along with other prominent thinkers in Zen and Chinese and Japanese Buddhism. He also sheds important light on contemporary applications and interpretations of Buddhist theory." -- Steven Heine, author of Dogen and the Koan Tradition"Leighton has produced yet another work of consummate scholarship that expands our understanding not only of the Soto Zen founder Dogen (1200-1253) but also of Zen Buddhism in general. ...Leighton's clear, articulate prose renders Dogen's writings alive, accessible and relevant to life in the twenty-first century." --Philosophy East and West., "A premier translator of two of Dogen's major works, Eihei Shingi and Eihei Koroku, has now turned his sights to an analysis of Dogen in East Asian theoretical contexts with illuminating results. This very thoughtful, informative, and highly original study makes a significant contribution toboth Dogen and Lotus Sutra studies by showing how Dogen's Zen is rooted in Mahayana worldview, and also how the Lotus Sutra was a key resource for Japanese Zen. Leighton does an outstanding job of juxtaposing the seminal Lotus Sutra with the main writings of Dogen, along with other prominentthinkers in Zen and Chinese and Japanese Buddhism. He also sheds important light on contemporary applications and interpretations of Buddhist theory." -- Steven Heine, author of Dogen and the Koan Tradition, "This richly woven study brings us new insights into the dynamic role of Earth in Mahayana Buddhist understandings of enlightenment. Leighton reveals a transmission of the Buddha Dharma in which the utter reality of the phenomenal world is not to be questioned, nor is impermanence to betranscended. Time and space are rather to be experienced as the spiritually nourishing womb of our awakening. Right now, when ecological crises imperil the future of conscious life, and when, at the same time, Gaia theory invites us to understand ourselves as intrinsic parts of a living Earth, thiswork of scholarship is good news indeed." -- Joanna Macy, author Coming Back to Life, "Among the eminent Buddhist figures of premodern Japan, perhaps none has drawn more attention in the West than the Zen master D=ogen (1200-1253). In a fresh approach, this volume moves beyond D=ogen's explicitly Zen heritage to explore his indebtedness to the imagery and rhetorical strategies of the Lotus S=utra in articulating his vision of practice. Leighton is sensitive to the playfulness and creativity of D=ogen's hermeneutics. His study will be welcomed by readers interested in the Mah=ay=ana as literature and in situating D=ogen within the broader intellectual currents of his day." -- Jacqueline I. Stone, author of Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism "This book is an exploration of D=ogen's writings on space and time, especially as they relate to the central message of the Lotus S=utra . It demonstrates unity of practice and book learning in Japanese Zen and the unity of the Zen tradition and Buddhist teaching traditions such as Tendai and Kegon. Anyone interested in philosophical or literary aspects of D'gen 's teachings and their relationship to Buddhist scriptures will find much to savor. Buddhist practitioners who wish to know how traditional scriptures can speak to contemporary concerns will find much to digest. " -- William Bodiford, author of Soto Zen in Medieval Japan "This richly woven study brings us new insights into the dynamic role of Earth in Mahayana Buddhist understandings of enlightenment. Leighton reveals a transmission of the Buddha Dharma in which the utter reality of the phenomenal world is not to be questioned, nor is impermanence to be transcended. Time and space are rather to be experienced as the spiritually nourishing womb of our awakening. Right now, when ecological crises imperil the future of conscious life, and when, at the same time, Gaia theory invites us to understand ourselves as intrinsic parts of a living Earth, this work of scholarship is good news indeed." -- Joanna Macy, author Coming Back to Life "A premier translator of two of D=ogen's major works, Eihei Shingi and Eihei Koroku, has now turned his sights to an analysis of D=ogen in East Asian theoretical contexts with illuminating results. This very thoughtful, informative, and highly original study makes a significant contribution to both D=ogen and Lotus S=utra studies by showing how D=ogen's Zen is rooted in Mahayana worldview, and also how the Lotus Sutra was a key resource for Japanese Zen. Leighton does an outstanding job of juxtaposing the seminal Lotus S=utra with the main writings of D=ogen, along with other prominent thinkers in Zen and Chinese and Japanese Buddhism. He also sheds important light on contemporary applications and interpretations of Buddhist theory." -- Steven Heine, author of D=ogen and the Koan Tradition "Among the eminent Buddhist figures of premodern Japan, perhaps none has drawn more attention in the West than the Zen master D=ogen (1200-1253). In a fresh approach, this volume moves beyond D=ogen's explicitly Zen heritage to explore his indebtedness to the imagery and rhetorical strategies of the Lotus S=utra in articulating his vision of practice. Leighton is sensitive to the playfulness and creativity of D=ogen's hermeneutics. His study will be welcomed by readers interested in the Mah=ay=ana as literature and in situating D=ogen within the broader intellectual currents of his day." -- Jacqueline I. Stone, author of Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism "This book is an exploration of D=ogen's writings on space and time, especially as they relate to the central message of the Lotus S=utra . It demonstrates unity of practice and book learning in Japanese Zen and the unity of the Zen tradition and Buddhist teaching traditions such as Tendai and Kegon. Anyone interested in philosophical or literary aspects of D=ogen 's teach, "Among the eminent Buddhist figures of premodern Japan, perhaps none has drawn more attention in the West than the Zen master DÅgen (1200-1253). In a fresh approach, this volume moves beyond DÅgen's explicitly Zen heritage to explore his indebtedness to the imagery and rhetorical strategies of the Lotus SÅ«tra in articulating his vision of practice. Leighton is sensitive to the playfulness and creativity of DÅgen's hermeneutics. His study will be welcomed by readers interested in the MahÄyÄna as literature and in situating DÅgen within the broader intellectual currents of his day." -- Jacqueline I. Stone, author of Original Enlightenment and the Transformation of Medieval Japanese Buddhism"This book is an exploration of DÅgen's writings on space and time, especially as they relate to the central message of the Lotus SÅ«tra. It demonstrates unity of practice and book learning in Japanese Zen and the unity of the Zen tradition and Buddhist teaching traditions such as Tendai and Kegon. Anyone interested in philosophical or literary aspects of D?gen 's teachings and their relationship to Buddhist scriptures will find much to savor. Buddhist practitioners who wish to know how traditional scriptures can speak to contemporary concerns will find much to digest. " -- William Bodiford, author of Soto Zen in Medieval Japan"This richly woven study brings us new insights into the dynamic role of Earth in Mahayana Buddhist understandings of enlightenment. Leighton reveals a transmission of the Buddha Dharma in which the utter reality of the phenomenal world is not to be questioned, nor is impermanence to be transcended. Time and space are rather to be experienced as the spiritually nourishing womb of our awakening. Right now, when ecological crises imperil the future of conscious life, and when, at the same time, Gaia theory invites us to understand ourselves as intrinsic parts of a living Earth, this work of scholarship is good news indeed." -- Joanna Macy, author Coming Back to Life"A premier translator of two of DÅgen's major works, Eihei Shingi and Eihei Koroku, has now turned his sights to an analysis of DÅgen in East Asian theoretical contexts with illuminating results. This very thoughtful, informative, and highly original study makes a significant contribution to both DÅgen and Lotus SÅ«tra studies by showing how DÅgen's Zen is rooted in Mahayana worldview, and also how the Lotus Sutra was a key resource for Japanese Zen. Leighton does an outstanding job of juxtaposing the seminal Lotus SÅ«tra with the main writings of DÅgen, along with other prominent thinkers in Zen and Chinese and Japanese Buddhism. He also sheds important light on contemporary applications and interpretations of Buddhist theory." -- Steven Heine, author of DÅgen and the Koan Tradition"Leighton has produced yet another work of consummate scholarship that expands our understanding not only of the SÅtÅ Zen founder DÅgen (1200-1253) but also of Zen Buddhism in general. ...Leighton's clear, articulate prose renders DÅgen's writings alive, accessible and relevant to life in the twenty-first century." --Philosophy East and West., "This book is an exploration of Dogen's writings on space and time, especially as they relate to the central message of the Lotus Sutra. It demonstrates unity of practice and book learning in Japanese Zen and the unity of the Zen tradition and Buddhist teaching traditions such as Tendai andKegon. Anyone interested in philosophical or literary aspects of Dogen 's teachings and their relationship to Buddhist scriptures will find much to savor. Buddhist practitioners who wish to know how traditional scriptures can speak to contemporary concerns will find much to digest. " -- WilliamBodiford, author of Soto Zen in Medieval Japan
Table of Content
I.. The Pivotal Lotus Story and Dogen's WorldviewII.. Hermeneutics and Discourse Styles in Study of the Lotus Sutra and DogenIII.. Selected East Asian Interpretations of the StoryIV.. Dogen's Interpretations of this Lotus Sutra StoryV.. Dogen's View of Earth, Space, and Time Seen in Mahayana ContextAfterword: Implications of Dogen's Mahayana WorldviewEndnotesBibliography
Copyright Date
2007
Topic
Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Buddhism / Zen (See Also Philosophy / Zen)
Lccn
2006-051540
Dewey Decimal
294.385
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Genre
Religion
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