Did Dogen Go to China?

What He Wrote and When He Wrote It

Steven Heine (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

316 Seiten

2006
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-530592-0 (ISBN)

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Dōgen (1200-1253), the founder of the Sōtō Zen sect in Japan, is especially known for introducing to Japanese Buddhism many of the texts and practices that he discovered in China. Heine reconstructs the context of Dōgen's travels to and reflections on China by means of a critical look at traditional sources both by and about Dōgen in light of recent Japanese scholarship. While many studies emphasize the unique features of Dōgen's Japanese influences, this book calls attention to the way Chinese and Japanese elements were fused in Dōgen's religious vision. It reveals many new materials and insights into Dogen's main writings, including the multiple editions of the Shōbōgenzō, and how and when this seminal text was created by Dōgen and was edited and interpreted by his disciples. This book is the culmination of the author's thirty years of research on Dōgen and provides the reader with a comprehensive approach to the master's life works and an understanding of the overall career trajectory of one of the most important figures in the history of Buddhism and Asian religious thought.

Steven Heine is Professor and Director of the Institute for Asian Studies at Florida International University. He specializes in the history of thought of Zen Buddhism and its transition from China to Japan, especially the life and works of Zen Master Dōgen. He has published twenty books and numerous articles on East Asian religion and society. Dr. Heine was recently awarded the Kauffman Professorship in Entrepreneurship Studies at the Florida International University Business School.

Preface. A Fisherman's Dream
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
PART I. Historical and Methodological Issues
1. "A Dharma-Transmitter Who Traveled to Sung China":
2. Gone Fishin': Sources and Re-sources:
PART 2. Theory and Periodization
3. The Early Period: Dogen Went to China:
4. The Middle Period, Part I: The Kyoto Cycle:
5. The Middle Period, Part II: The Echizen Cycle:
6. The Late Period: Outpost Administrator or Brilliant Innovator?:
Appendix
Bibliography

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.6.2006
Zusatzinfo	3 halftones, numerous maps and line drawings
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	234 x 152 mm
Gewicht	451 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	0-19-530592-2 / 0195305922
ISBN-13	978-0-19-530592-0 / 9780195305920
Zustand	Neuware