Zen Action/Zen Person

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University of Hawaii Press, Jan 1, 1987 - Philosophy - 194 pages
"For the thoughtful Westerner this must be one of the most clear and perceptive accounts of Zen available. Thoroughly new is Kasulis' attempt to locate the Zen understanding of the person in secular Japanese assumptions." --Times Literary Supplement

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Contents

CHAPTER 1
3
CHAPTER 2
16
CHAPTER 3
29
CHAPTER 4
39
THE CONTEXT OF NOTHINGNESS
44
CHAPTER 5
55
CHAPTER 6
65
CHAPTER 7
87
CHAPTER 8
104
CHAPTER 9
127
CHAPTER 10
142
Notes
155
Works Cited
165
Glossary
169
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Abhidharma absolute achieve activity analysis arises authentication aware Bashō become being-time bell body-mind Buddha Buddha-nature Chapter characterization Chinese conceptual consciousness consider context culture D. T. Suzuki directly experienced disciple discussion distinction doctrine Dōgen emptiness enlightenment essence evil example function genjōkōan Hakuin Heidegger Heidegger's Ibid immediacy impermanence insofar Japan Jōshū's koan language Lao Tzu meaning meditation mind mode monk Morita therapy Nāgārjuna nature negation ningen Nishida NISHIDA Kitaro no-mind no-thought Nonbeing nothingness object objectified one's oneself original face personhood perspective phenomenology philosophical phrase practice prajñā prereflective experience presence of things present pure experience reality realization reflective relationship religious response rience Rinzai sanzen sense Shibayama shoakumakusa Shōbōgenzō simply situation Sōtō spontaneous standpoint student Tao Te Ching Taoist thinking and not-thinking thought tion tradition translation understanding Western without-thinking words zazen Zen Buddhism Zen humanism Zen Master Zen person Zen training Zen view Zen's Zenshū

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About the author (1987)

Thomas P. Kasulis is University Distinguished Scholar and Professor Emeritus in Comparative Studies at the Ohio State University, where he has taught in the departments of comparative studies, philosophy, and East Asian studies.

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TitleZen Action/Zen Person
AuthorThomas P. Kasulis
Editionreprint
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press, 1987
ISBN0824810236, 9780824810238
Length194 pages
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Philosophy / Zen
Religion / Buddhism / Zen
  
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