Zen and comparative studies
part two of a two-volume sequel to Zen and Western thought
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Author
Contributions
- Heine, Steven, 1950- - Contributor
- Abe, Masao, 1915- - Contributor
Publication
1997 - University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawaii
Language
English
Word Count
65,500 words, Guess
Page Count
262 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100824818326
- ISBN-100824818318
- ISBN-139780824818326
- ISBN-139780824818319
- Goodreads594148', '4978475
Classifications
- DDC294.3/42
- LCCBQ9268.7 .A33 1997
- LCCBQ9268.7.A33 1997
Description
Zen is not a religion of God. Nor a religion of faith. It is a religion of emptiness, a religion of absolute nothingness. However, it is not nihilistic but dynamically positive. For Zen is based on self-awakening, awakening to the self. In this book, the author tries to clarify the true meaning of Buddhist emptiness in comparison with the Aristotelian notion of substance and the Whiteheadean notion of process. He also emphasizes that Buddhism completely defies and overcomes dualism. Yet the Buddhist philosophy of religion is not monistic, but rather nondualistic. What is the meaning of 'nondualism'? This book examines this issue from a variety of comparative philosophical perspectives.
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