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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. Special attention is given to the Shobogenzo and several of its fascicles, which express D?gen's views on such practices and rituals as using su

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Koan. --- Koan --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Buddhism --- Buddhist monasticism and religious orders --- Meditation --- Zen Buddhism --- Dōgen, --- Dōgen, --- 道元, --- 道元

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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.

Meditation --- Meditation (Zen Buddhism) --- Zen Buddhism. --- Dōgen, --- 道元 --- Sōtōshū --- 曹洞宗 --- Sōtō Zen Sect --- Sōtō School --- Chodongjong --- 조동종 --- Doctrines. --- Buddhism. --- Dhyāna (Meditation) --- Meditation (Buddhism) --- Meditation (Lamaism) --- Tantric Buddhism --- Zen Buddhism --- asia. --- buddha mind. --- buddhism. --- dharma. --- dogen. --- east asia. --- eastern philosophy. --- eastern religion. --- fukanzazengi. --- genjokoan. --- gi. --- higher consciousness. --- japan. --- japanese buddhism. --- just sitting. --- koan introspection. --- koans. --- meditation. --- mental health. --- mind to mind transmission. --- mindfulness. --- monk. --- nonfiction. --- nonthinking. --- philosophy. --- psychology. --- quietism. --- religion. --- religious studies. --- seated meditation. --- shikantaza. --- silent illumination. --- soto. --- spiritual traditions. --- world religion. --- zazen. --- zen history. --- zen.

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According to the contributors to this volume, the relationship of Buddhism and the arts in Japan is less the rendering of Buddhist philosophical ideas through artistic imagery than it is the development of concepts and expressions in a virtually inseparable unity. By challenging those who consider religion to be the primary phenomenon and art the secondary arena for the apprehension of religious meanings, these essays reveal the collapse of other dichotomies as well. Touching on works produced at every social level, they explore a fascinating set of connections within Japanese culture and move to re-envision such usual distinctions as religion and art, sacred and secular, Buddhism and Shinto, theory and substance, elite and popular, and even audience and artist. The essays range from visual and literary hagiographies to No drama, to Sermon-Ballads, to a painting of the Nirvana of Vegetables. The contributors to the volume are James H. Foard, Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis, Frank Hoff, Laura S. Kaufman, William R. LaFleur, Susan Matisoff, Barbara Ruch, Yoshiaki Shimizu, and Royall Tyler.Originally published in 1992.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Buddhism and art --- Buddhism in literature. --- Japanese literature --- Art and Buddhism --- Art --- Buddhist art --- History and criticism. --- Acala. --- Amaterasu. --- Anne Bradstreet. --- Arahitogami. --- Benkei. --- Benzaiten. --- Biography. --- Bodhi. --- Bodhidharma. --- Bodhisattva. --- Buddha-nature. --- Buddhahood. --- Buddhism and Christianity. --- Buddhism in Japan. --- Buddhism. --- Buddhist philosophy. --- Buddhist poetry. --- Calligraphy. --- Chion-in. --- D. T. Suzuki. --- Deity. --- Demonology. --- Devadatta. --- Dogen. --- Earl Miner. --- Edo period. --- Esoteric Buddhism. --- Fujiwara. --- Gagaku. --- Gautama Buddha. --- Genji Monogatari Emaki. --- Genshin. --- Gongen. --- Guanyin. --- Hachiman. --- Hagiography. --- Hayashi Razan. --- Honji suijaku. --- How It Happened. --- Illustration. --- Impermanence. --- Ippen. --- Iris Murdoch. --- Itako. --- Ivan Morris. --- Japanese aesthetics. --- Japanese art. --- Japanese painting. --- Japanese poetry. --- Kaibara Ekken. --- Kegon. --- Ki no Tsurayuki. --- Kobayashi Issa. --- Kojiro. --- Kokugaku. --- Kshitigarbha. --- Kukai. --- Liminality. --- Literature. --- Lotus Sutra. --- Mahasthamaprapta. --- Mahayana. --- Masao Abe. --- Matsuo Basho. --- Metempsychosis. --- Mircea Eliade. --- Murasaki Shikibu. --- Narrative. --- Nichiren. --- Nyorai. --- Onryo. --- Oracle. --- Parinirvana. --- Parody. --- Perfection of Wisdom. --- Poetry. --- Preta. --- Religion. --- Rennyo. --- Renunciation. --- Royall Tyler (academic). --- Setsuwa. --- Shinbutsu bunri. --- Shingon Buddhism. --- Shinran. --- Shinto. --- Shoshin. --- State Shinto. --- Tachikawa-ryu. --- Taima Mandala. --- Tendai. --- Tengu. --- Tenjin (kami). --- The Tale of the Heike. --- Traditional story. --- Upaya. --- Vipassana. --- Yamabushi. --- Zen master. --- Zoku.