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Dōgen's Appropriation of Lotus Sutra Ground and Space |
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Leighton, Taigen Dan
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| Source |
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
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| Volume | v.32 n.1 |
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| Date | 2005 |
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| Pages | 85 - 108 |
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| Publisher | Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture=南山宗教文化研究所 |
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http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/
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| Location | 名古屋, 日本 [Nagoya, Japan] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Taigen Dan Leighton is Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Graduate Theological Union. |
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| Keyword | Dōgen; Lotus Sutra; Life-span of Buddha; Mahāyāna cosmology; earth and space imagery in Zen; Dōgen on time; Myōe |
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| Abstract | The Lotus Sutra is prominent among the many sources quoted by Dōgen in his writings, highlighting the Mahāyāna context of his teachings and worldview. In this paper I focus on Dōgen’s use of the pivotal story in Lotus Sutra chapters fifteen and sixteen—the myriad bodhisattvas emerging from underground and the inconceivable life-span of the Buddha—to express his own worldview of earth, space, and time as enlightening forces. The shift in perspective expressed in this sutra story reflects a fundamental shift in East Asian Buddhist soteriology.
A close reading of Dōgen’s references to this story discloses how his hermeneutical
play with its imagery of ground, space, and emptiness expresses immediate awakening, beyond stages of cultivation; he cites the inconceivable life-span story as an encouragement to present practice. The contrast between Dōgen’s response to the enduring ?ākyamuni and that of his older contemporary Myōe is revealing. |
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| ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
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| Hits | 1837 |
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| Created date | 2007.08.03 |
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| Modified date | 2017.08.29 |
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