STEVEN HEINE, Professor and Founding Director of Asian Studies, Florida International University. Specialties: Chinese Chan and Japanese Zen, Japanese intellectual history, comparative religious thought. E-mail: heines@fiu.edu
摘要
Chan Buddhist philosophy as expressed in the Blue Cliff Record and related gongan case commentarial literature is primarily based on the notion of the instantaneous pivot moment, in which a master creates a profound turnaround experience reflecting his own liberation so as to reveal the deficient tendencies of his dialogue partner in a way that leads both parties to enhance their spiritual awareness. What are the implications of the pivot experience for understanding the overall Chan view of time and space? From the standpoint of temporality, Chan emphasizes the unity of momentary experience and continuity unbound yet not oblivious to sequential limitations. In terms of spatiality, the Chan pivot is a universal experience but is realized in particular manifestations of natural phenomena as perceived by an awakened observer.
目次
I. The Function of the Chan Pivot (Jifeng 機鋒) 455 II. The Right Timing 459 III. Continuity of the Pivot Moment 463 IV. Location as Universal Space 467 V. Conclusion 471 Endnotes 473
