Visions of awakening space and time : Dōgen and the Lotus sutra / Taigen Dan Leighton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leighton, Taigen Daniel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dōgen, 1200-1253.

Dōgen.

Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Tripiṭaka.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2007.

Summary:

Highlighting Dogen's teachings about space, which help clarify Dogen's more widely celebrated teachings on temporality and 'being time', this text also discusses the implications of Dogen's worldview for environmental activism and social ethics.

Contents:

Contents; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; 1. The Pivotal Lotus Story and Dogen's Worldview; 2. Hermeneutics and Discourse Styles in Studies of the Lotus Sutra and Dogen; 3. Selected East Asian Interpretations of the Story; 4. Dogen's Interpretations of This Lotus Sutra Story; 5. Dogen's View of Earth, Space, and Time Seen in Mahayana Context; Afterword: Implications of Dogen's Mahayana Worldview; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-168) and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

1-281-15914-X

0-19-804329-5

9786611159146

1-4356-1873-4

OCLC:

206942843