Beschreibung:
This book brings together an impressive group of scholars to critically engage with a wide-ranging and broad perspective on the historical and contemporary phenomenon of Zen. The structure of the work is organized to reflect the root and branches of Zen, with the root referring to important episodes in Chan/Zen history within the Asian context, and the branches referring to more recent development in the West. In collating what has transpired in the last several decades of Chan/Zen scholarship, the collection recognizes and honors the scholarly accomplishments and influences of Steven Heine, arguably the most important Zen scholar in the past three decades. As it looks back at the intellectual horizons that this towering figure in Zen/Chan studies has pioneered and developed, it seeks to build on the grounds that were broken and subsequently established by Heine, thereby engendering new works within this enormously important religio-cultural scholarly tradition. This curated Festschrift is a tribute, both retrospective and prospective, acknowledging the foundational work that Heine has forged, and generates research that is both complementary and highly original. This academic ritual of assembling a liber amicorum is based on the presumption that sterling scholarship should be honored by conscientious scholarship. In the festive spirit of a Festschrift, this anthology consists of the resounding voices of Heine and his colleagues. It is an indispensable collection for students and scholars interested in Japanese religion and Chinese culture, and for those researching Zen Buddhist history and philosophy.
This book brings together an impressive group of scholars to critically engage with a wide-ranging and broad perspective on the historical and contemporary phenomenon of Zen. The structure of the work is organized to reflect the root and branches of Zen, with the root referring to important episodes in Chan/Zen history within the Asian context, and the branches referring to more recent development in the West. In collating what has transpired in the last several decades of Chan/Zen scholarship, the collection recognizes and honors the scholarly accomplishments and influences of Steven Heine, arguably the most important Zen scholar in the past three decades. As it looks back at the intellectual horizons that this towering figure in Zen/Chan studies has pioneered and developed, it seeks to build on the grounds that were broken and subsequently established by Heine, thereby engendering new works within this enormously important religio-cultural scholarly tradition. This curated Festschrift is a tribute, both retrospective and prospective, acknowledging the foundational work that Heine has forged, and generates research that is both complementary and highly original. This academic ritual of assembling a liber amicorum is based on the presumption that sterling scholarship should be honored by conscientious scholarship. In the festive spirit of a Festschrift, this anthology consists of the resounding voices of Heine and his colleagues. It is an indispensable collection for students and scholars interested in Japanese religion and Chinese culture, and for those researching Zen Buddhist history and philosophy.
Part I: Zen Roots.- Chapter 1. Searching for the histrorical bodhidharma in goblet words (John A. Tucker).- Chapter 2. Chan and the routinazation of charisma in chinese buddhism (Mario Poceski).-Chapter 3. The platform sūtra and its role in chinese zen buddhism (Morten Schlütter).- Chapter 4. Eloquence and silence: how dōgen’s dharma match with vimalakīrti turns out (Dale S. Wright).-Chapter 5. A tale of two prefaces: the role of yang yi in the creation of song chan identity (Albert Welter).- Chapter 6. The relationship of dōgen’s vision of nature with his practice of devotion and faith (Taigen Dan Leighton).- Chapter 7. Theorizing the chan-confician encounter in late imperial china: the chinese cultural habitus and the buddhist doxa (On-Cho Ng).- Part II: Zen Branches.- Chapter 8. The zen explosion in america: from before the pre-boomers to after the zoomers (Charles S. Prebish).- Chapter 9. The role of zazen in D. T. Suzuki’s Zen (Richard M. Jaffe).- Chapter 10. Zen and the art of resistance (James Mark Shields).- Chapter 11. Sōtō zen women’s wisdom in practice (Paula K. R. Arai).- Chapter 12. “Can you hear the great sound of the holy footsteps?”A case study of the 650th death anniversary of Gasan Jōseki (Michaela Mross).- Chapter 13. To tame an ox or to catch a fish: a zen reading of the old man and the sea (Pamela D. Winfield).- Chapter 14. Steven heine on the religio-aestthetic dimension of zen buddhism (Steven Odin).- Chapter 15. Existential dimesions of zen buiddhism: steven heine on dōgen, heidigger, and bob dylan (Jin Y. Park).
