Dogen's manuals of Zen meditation / Carl Bielefeldt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bielefeldt, Carl, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dōgen, 1200-1253. Fukan zazengi.

Dōgen.

Dōgen, 1200-1253.

Sōtōshū--Doctrines.

Sōtōshū.

Meditation--Buddhism.

Meditation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1990]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Zen Buddhism is perhaps best known for its emphasis on meditation, and probably no figure in the history of Zen is more closely associated with meditation practice than the thirteenth-century Japanese master Dogen, founder of the Soto school. This study examines the historical and religious character of the practice as it is described in Dogen's own meditation texts, introducing new materials and original perspectives on one of the most influential spiritual traditions of East Asian civilization. The Soto version of Zen meditation is known as "just sitting," a practice in which, through the cultivation of the subtle state of "nonthinking," the meditator is said to be brought into perfect accord with the higher consciousness of the "Buddha mind" inherent in all beings. This study examines the historical and religious character of the practice as it is described in Dogen's own meditation texts, introducing new materials and original perspectives on one of the most influential spiritual traditions of East Asian civilization.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and Conventions

Introduction

1. The Earliest Manual and the Origins of Dōgen's Zen

2. The Vulgate Manual and the Development of Dōgen's Zen

3. Ch'ang-lu Tsung-tse and the New Meditation Literature

4. The Sudden Practice and the Ch'an Meditation Discourse

5. The Essential Art of Meditation and the Authentic Tradition of Enlightenment

6. Nonthinking and the Practice of the Seated Buddha

Conclusion

Documents

Glossary of Chinese and Japanese Names and Terms

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-244) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612355639

9781282355637

1282355635

9780520909786

052090978X

9780585111933

0585111936

OCLC:

630527994