320; Debate on Ch'an and Zen Buddhism in Philosophy East and West, vol. 3, pp. 3 and 25, April 1953.
關鍵詞
Criticism and Interpretation of Hu Shih; Criticism and Interpretation of D. T. Suzuki; 禪宗=Zen Buddhism=Zazen Buddhism; 中國佛教=Chinese Buddhism
摘要
The 1953 debate between Hu Shih and D.T. Suzuki is confused because they use the terms Ch'an or Zen to mean different things, so that neither ever actually engages with the other's position. Hu uses Ch'an to denote the historical Buddhist sect in China, whereas Suzuki uses Zen mostly to denote the experience of Zen rather than the historical school. Both Hu and Suzuki misrepresent Zen in discussing its rationality，because it is better described as alogical，rather than either logical or illogical. The debate illustrates the paradoxical nature of experience as both temporal and atemporal.
