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Zen, of : het konijn in ons brein
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ISBN: 9789490382001 Year: 2016 Publisher: Place of publication unknown Witsand Uitgevers

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Philosophical meditations on Zen Buddhism
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ISBN: 0511583206 0511005326 9780511005329 0521590108 0521789842 9780521789844 9780511583209 9780521590105 Year: 1998 Volume: 13 Publisher: New York Cambridge University Press

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This book is the first to engage Zen Buddhism philosophically on crucial issues from a perspective that is informed by the traditions of western philosophy and religion. It focuses on one renowned Zen master, Huang Po, whose recorded sayings exemplify the spirit of the 'golden age' of Zen in medieval China, and on the transmission of these writings to the West. The author makes a bold attempt to articulate a post-romantic understanding of Zen applicable to contemporary world culture. While deeply sympathetic to the Zen tradition, he raises serious questions about the kinds of claims that can be made on its behalf.


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Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism
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ISSN: 01698834 ISBN: 128260225X 9786612602252 9047433092 9789047433095 9781282602250 9789004165571 9004165576 Year: 2008 Volume: 119. Publisher: Leiden Boston Brill

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Zen Buddhist ideas and practices in many ways are unique within the study of religion, and artists, poets and Buddhists practitioners worldwide have found inspiration from this tradition. Until recent years, representations of Zen Buddhism have focussed almost entirely on philosophical, historical or “spiritual” aspects. This book investigates the contemporary living reality of the largest Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhist group, Myōshinji. Drawing on textual studies and ethnographic fieldwork, Jørn Borup analyses how its practitioners use and understand their religion, how they practice their religiosity and how different kinds of Zen Buddhists (monks, nuns, priest, lay people) interact and define themselves within the religious organization. Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism portrays a living Zen Buddhism being both uniquely interesting and interestingly typical for common Buddhist and Japanese religiosity.

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