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Suny Series in Philosophy and Psychotherapy Ser.: Dogen and the Koan Tradition : A Tale of Two Shobogenzo Texts by Steven Heine (1993, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherSTATE University of New York Press

ISBN-100791417743

ISBN-139780791417744

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Number of Pages329 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDogen and the Koan Tradition : a Tale of Two Shobogenzo Texts

SubjectZen, Buddhist, Buddhism / Zen (See Also Philosophy / Zen)

Publication Year1993

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion, Philosophy

AuthorSteven Heine

SeriesSuny Series in Philosophy and Psychotherapy Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight17 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN93-018446

Reviews"It is at the very top of Dogen scholarship and one of the finest works written on the koan, elucidating the development from the original words of Chinese masters to Dogen's interpretation. It is also a comparative work that improves on conventional understanding and interpretation of the koans by introducing the author's own 'discourse analysis,' which use the subtleties of postmodernist thought to clarify the various aporetics of the koan. It is Japanese Buddhist scholarship at its finest. No student of Japanese thought and culture should be without this book." -- Kenneth Inada, State University of New York at Buffalo

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Table Of ContentIllustrations Tables Preface Chinese and Japanese Eras Abbreviations Part I. Methodological Issues 1. Text and Untext: On the Significance of Koans Introduction to the Two Texts Postmodernism and Zen Discourse Satori Dialogues in Relation to Sung Zen Genres Multiple Implications of the Term "Koan" Significance of the Koan as a Zen Symbol A Zen Problematic: Textuality and Untextuality 2. Mythology and Demythology: The Aporetics of Koan Studies Two Sets of Problematical Issues Nishitani's View of "Self-Surpassing" Zen Five Main Aporetics of Zen Studies The Function of Literary Criticism The Koan as Religious Symbol Discourse Analysis in Dogen and Koan Studies Part II. Interpretive Studies 3. Inter and Intra Textuality: A Tale of Two Shobogenzo Texts On Contextualizing Dogen's Texts Conventional View of Dogen and the Koan Tradition Rethinking the Conventional View Contrasting Dogen and Ta-hui The Two Shobogenzo Texts 4. Narratology and Tropology: Skin, Flesh, Bones, Marrow/Marrow, Bones, Flesh, Skin On Resolving the Aporetics of Koan Studies Section A. "Skin, Flesh, Bones, Marrow" Rethinking the Conventional View On the Formation of Zen Genres Roots and Branches Section B. "Marrow, Bones, Flesh, Skin" The Elements of a Tropological Interpretation Dogen's KS Text in Comparison with Koan-roku Texts Conclusions: Does the Koan Have Buddha-Nature? Appendix I. Translations of Kana Shobogenzo Fascicles Appendix II. On the Mana Shobogenzo Glossary of Sino-Japanese Terms, Names and Titles Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisThis book has three major goals in critically examining the historical and philosophical relation between the writings of Dogen and the Zen koan tradition. First, it introduces and evaluates recent Japanese scholarship concerning Dogen's two Shobogenzo texts, the Japanese (Kana) collection of ninety-two fascicles on Buddhist topics and the Chinese (Mana) collection of three hundred koan cases also known as the Shobogenzo Sanbyakusoku. Second, it develops a new methodology for clarifying the development of the koan tradition and the relation between intellectual history and multifarious interpretations of koan cases based on postmodern literary criticism. Third, the book's emphasis on a literary critical methodology challenges the conventional reading of koans stressing the role of psychological impasse culminating in silence., This book has three major goals in critically examining the historical and philosophical relation between the writings of D?gen and the Zen koan tradition. First, it introduces and evaluates recent Japanese scholarship concerning D?gen's two Sh?b?genz? texts, the Japanese (Kana) collection of ninety-two fascicles on Buddhist topics and the Chinese (Mana) collection of three hundred koan cases also known as the Sh?b?genz? Sanbyakusoku. Second, it develops a new methodology for clarifying the development of the koan tradition and the relation between intellectual history and multifarious interpretations of koan cases based on postmodern literary criticism. Third, the book's emphasis on a literary critical methodology challenges the conventional reading of koans stressing the role of psychological impasse culminating in silence.

LC Classification NumberBQ9449.D657H45 1993