Unexamined Zen: Challenges from Dōgen’s Zen Buddhism
The traditional narrative of Zen Buddhism focuses on a religious experience that goes beyond words and concepts. I argue that Dōgen’s understanding of enlightenment is not limited to a religious experience, as it involves a creative process of Buddha-making that demands the flexibility to present a...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2023
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Journal of Chinese philosophy
Jahr: 2023, Band: 50, Heft: 4, Seiten: 358-370 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Dōgen
B Concepts B Experience B dao B Zen Buddhism B Language B Enlightenment B Practice |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The traditional narrative of Zen Buddhism focuses on a religious experience that goes beyond words and concepts. I argue that Dōgen’s understanding of enlightenment is not limited to a religious experience, as it involves a creative process of Buddha-making that demands the flexibility to present a novel expression of the Buddha way with the transiency of the impermanent world. In arguing for the processual understanding of the Buddha way and enlightenment, I refer to the fluidity of dao in Chinese philosophy to shed light upon the significance of creativity in authentic practice. By doing so, I explain why an unexamined Zen is problematic for Dōgen. |
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| ISSN: | 1540-6253 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of Chinese philosophy
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15406253-12340121 |