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Metaphors for interdependence : Fazang's Buddhist metaphysics / Nicholaos Jones.

Oxford Scholarship Online: Philosophy Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Jones, Nicholaos, author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Fazang, 643-712.
Fazang.
Hua yan Buddhism--China--History.
Hua yan Buddhism.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (335 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Language Note:
English with some Chinese.
Summary:
Fazang was a Buddhist philosopher famous for using metaphors to explain why everything is interdependent. His teachings are influential for Neo-Confucianism as well as the contemporary movements of deep ecology and engaged Buddhism. This book combines analysis and exegesis to make a case for an accessible interpretation of Fazang's teachings.
Contents:
Fazang's roar
Fazang's vision
Conceptualizing causality
Interpreting mutuality
Attending to aspects
Indra's net
Counting coins
Building unity
Fazang's project.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 10, 2025).
ISBN:
0-19-780722-4
0-19-780720-8
0-19-780721-6
OCLC:
1505991152

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