Zen Awakening and SocietyZen Awakening and Society considers the relationship between Zen and social ethics by examining ethical facets of Zen practice and satori, as well as the traditional socio-political role of Zen in Japan, ethical reflection by key Zen thinkers, those resources and pitfalls in Zen relevant to ethics, and possible avenues along which Zen Buddhists could begin to formulate a self-critical, systematic social ethic. |
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Contents
The Zen Path | 15 |
Ethical Dimensions of Zen Practice and Philosophy | 37 |
Ethical and Political Stances in Japanese Zen History | 51 |
Recent Critiques and Developments | 69 |
Wisdom Suffering and Practice | 101 |
Zen Formulation of the Social Good | 114 |
Notes | 132 |
114 | 162 |
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| Title | Zen Awakening and Society |
| Author | Christopher Ives |
| Contributor | Masao Abe |
| Publisher | University of Hawaii Press, 1992 |
| ISBN | 0824814533, 9780824814533 |
| Length | 182 pages |
| Subjects | › Religion / Confucianism |
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