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Book Review: "Dogen: Textual and Historical Studies," edited by Steven Heine
Author Schlütter, Morten
Source Religious Studies Review
Volumev.40 n.4
Date2014.12.05
Pages233
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Publisher Url http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/
LocationOxford, UK [牛津, 英國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article; 書評=Book Review
Language英文=English
NoteDogen: Textual and Historical Studies. Edited by Steven Heine. Oxford University Press, February 29, 2012. 312 pages. ISBN-10: 0199754470 ISBN-13: 978-0199754472
AbstractThis is a fine collection of ten essays on the Japanese founder of Sōtō Zen, Dōgen (1200–1253), who is both an important figure in Japanese Buddhist history and, through his interpreters, a major influence in what can be called modern global Buddhism. The volume is comprised of two parts: “Textual Studies” and “Historical Studies,” signaling the intention to correct certain romanticizing and ahistorical trends in some of the earlier work on Dōgen. The first section begins with a contribution by William Bodiford on the various editions and versions of Dōgen's writings, which will be a valuable resource for future studies. Editor Heine follows with a discussion of an important, but contested, passage in Dōgen's “Genjōkōan” concerning the nature of enlightenment. Next, T. Griffith Foulk addresses conventional Buddhist practices endorsed by Dōgen, challenging earlier idealizations and misunderstandings. Another essay by Heine follows that looks at Dōgen's views of lineage and practice as represented in the “Gyōji.” The section ends with a discussion of Dōgen's approach to monastic training as found in the less well‐known Eihei kōroku by Taigen Dan Leighton. In the second section, Ishii Shūdō is first represented by a translation from his seminal work in Japanese on Dōgen, where he seeks to place Dōgen's teachings in their larger Chinese context. Next, Albert Welter discusses Dōgen's teachings in context of the Chinese master Yongming Yanshou's “syncretic” writings. This is followed by an essay by Carl Bielefeldt that compares Dōgen's attempts of “domesticating” the Chinese Zen patriarchs with those of his teacher, Eisai (1141–1215). Then comes a second essay by Bodiford about the uses of the memory of Dōgen by the Eihei monastery. The final essay in this useful and innovative volume is by the scholar Ishii Seijun, who gives a helpful overview of different approaches to the study of Dōgen in Japan.
ISSN0319485X (P); 17480922 (E)
DOI10.1111/rsr.12186_2
Hits178
Created date2017.03.29
Modified date2019.11.25



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