Did Dogen Go to China?
"Did Dōgen go to China? is a well-written piece of sound scholarship that fills a glaring lacuna in Dōgen studies. Heine builds on his deep expertise of Dōgen's life and work as well as of kōan literature to tackle central issues in the hagiographical accounts of Dōgen's life. He displays a solid knowledge of all relevant sources and rethinks Dōgen's life in the context of the latest research. This volume constitutes an invaluable contribution to Dōgen scholarship."--Gereon Kopf, author of Beyond Personal Identity: Dōgen, Nishida and a Phenomenology of No-Self
Dogen (1200-1253), the founder of the Soto Zen sect in Japan, is especially known for introducing to Japanese Buddhism many of the texts and practices that he discovered in China. Heine reconstructs the context of Dogen's travels to and reflections on China by means of a critical look at traditional sources both by and about Dogen in light of recent Japanese scholarship. Les mer
Japanese influences, this book calls attention to the way Chinese and Japanese elements were fused in Dogen's religious vision. It reveals many new materials and insights into Dogen's main writings, including the multiple editions of the Shobogenzo, and how and when this seminal text was created by Dogen and was edited and interpreted
by his disciples. This book is the culmination of the author's thirty years of research on Dogen and provides the reader with a comprehensive approach to the master's life works and an understanding of the overall career trajectory of one of the most important figures in the history of Buddhism and Asian religious thought.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780195305920
- Utgivelsesår
- 2006
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
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"Did Dōgen go to China? is a well-written piece of sound scholarship that fills a glaring lacuna in Dōgen studies. Heine builds on his deep expertise of Dōgen's life and work as well as of kōan literature to tackle central issues in the hagiographical accounts of Dōgen's life. He displays a solid knowledge of all relevant sources and rethinks Dōgen's life in the context of the latest research. This volume constitutes an invaluable contribution to Dōgen scholarship."--Gereon Kopf, author of Beyond Personal Identity: Dōgen, Nishida and a Phenomenology of No-Self