Eihei Do gen mystical realist 3 1st Edition by Hee-Jin Kim,Taigen Dan Leighton ISBN 978-0861713769 0861713761
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ISBN 10: 0861713761
ISBN 13: 978-0861713769
Author: Hee-Jin Kim,Taigen Dan Leighton
Eihei Dogen, the founder of the Japanese branch of the Soto Zen Buddhist school, is considered one of the world’s most remarkable religious philosophers. Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist is a comprehensive introduction to the genius of this brilliant thinker. This thirteenth-century figure has much to teach us all and the questions that drove him have always been at the heart of Buddhist practice.
At the age of seven, in 1207, Dogen lost his mother, who at her death earnestly asked him to become a monastic to seek the truth of Buddhism. We are told that in the midst of profound grief, Dogen experienced the impermanence of all things as he watched the incense smoke ascending at his mother’s funeral service. This left an indelible impression upon the young Dogen; later, he would emphasize time and again the intimate relationship between the desire for enlightenment and the awareness of impermanence. His way of life would not be a sentimental flight from, but a compassionate understanding of, the intolerable reality of existence.
At age 13, Dogen received ordination at Mt. Hiei. And yet, a question arose: “As I study both the exoteric and the esoteric schools of Buddhism, they maintain that human beings are endowed with Dharma-nature by birth. If this is the case, why did the buddhas of all ages – undoubtedly in possession of enlightenment – find it necessary to seek enlightenment and engage in spiritual practice?” When it became clear that no one on Mt. Hiei could give a satisfactory answer to this spiritual problem, he sought elsewhere, eventually making the treacherous journey to China. This was the true beginning of a life of relentless questioning, practice, and teaching – an immensely inspiring contribution to the Buddhadharma.
As you might imagine, a book as ambitious as Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist has to be both academically rigorous and eminently readable to succeed. Professor Hee-Jim Kim’s work is indeed both.
Table of contents:
1 TOWARD A TOTAL UNDERSTANDING OF ZEN
2 DÖGEN’S LIFE
The Historical and Social Background of Early Kamakura Japan
Early Childhood: Initiation into Impermanence
Apprenticeship in Buddhism
Transmission and Transformation of the Way in Japan
3 ACTIVITY, EXPRESSION, AND UNDERSTANDING
The Rightly Transmitted Buddha-Dharma
Zazen-Only: The Prototype of Ultimate Meaninglessness
Creative Activities
Creative Expressions
The Actional Understanding
4 THE RELIGION AND METAPHYSICS OF BUDDHA-NATURE
Two Strands of Mahäyäna Idealism
Mind: Beyond Monistic Pantheism and Reductionistic Phenomenalism
Buddha-Nature
Existence and Time
Religious Life and Buddha-Nature
5 MONASTIC ASCETICISM:
THE WAY OF RITUAL AND MORALITY
Background of Zen Monasticism
Purity and Purification
Nature: The Mountains and Waters
The Bodhisattva Ideal
The Problem of Good and Evil
Monastic Education
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