Dōgen: A Japanese Transformation of Ch'an Buddhism

Title

Dōgen: A Japanese Transformation of Ch'an Buddhism

Author

Shigenori NAGATOMO

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235-252

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Abstract

This article is an attempt at articulating a Japanese transformation of Ch'an Buddhism by focusing on a thirteenth century Japanese Zen Master, Dōgen (1200-1254), in such a way that his religious-philosophical thought can be distinguished from the Chinese counter-parts. To do so, it will elucidate some of the salient differences by comparing Dōgen's magnus opus, Shōbōgenzō (正法眼 藏) with the works of Chinese Ch'an masters. It will briefly examine the following four topics in order to accomplish the goals of the article: 1) Dōgen's stance on language, 2) his Zen Experience, 3) a philosophical analysis of the structure of appearing in light of his experience, and 4) his philosophical expression concerning Zen spatial-temporal awareness.

Keyword

Casting off the body and the mind, Casting off the mind dust, Five desires, Five hindrances, Active-passive scheme, Nondiscriminatory awareness, Seeing without being a seer, Foreground-background, Bottomless background, Zero Space, Zero Time, Being-time, Logic of interdependence, Mutual nterdependence

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