1. SUNY series in philosophy psychotherapy 2. Includes a translation of three KS fasciles from Japanese
目次
Preface Chinese and Japanese Eras Abbreviations 1 Text and Untext: On the Significance of Koans 3 Introduction to the Two Texts 3 Postmodernism and Zen Discourse 14 Satori Dialogues in Relation to Sung Zen Genres 21 Multiple Implications of the Term "Koan" 38 Significance of the Koan as a Zen Symbol 43 A Zen Problematic: Textuality and Untextuality 59
2 Mythology and Demythology: The Aporetics of Koan Studies 65 Two Sets of Problematical Issues 65 Nishitani's View of "Self-Surpassing" Zen 69 Five Main Aporetics of Zen Studies 72 The Function of Literary Criticism 81 The Koan as Religious Symbol 87 Discourse Analysis in Dogen and Koan Studies 96
3 Inter- and Intra-Textuality: A Tale of Two Shobogenzo Texts 103 On Contextualizing Dogen's Texts 103 Conventional View of Dogen and the Koran Tradition 106 Rethinking the Conventional View 123 Contrasting Dogen and Ta-hui 135 The Two Shobogenzo Texts 149
4 Narratology and Tropology: Skin, Flesh, Bones, Marrow/Marrow, Bones, Flesh, Skin 159 On Resolving the Aporetics of Koran Studies 159 Sect. A "Skin, Flesh, Bones, Marrow" 163 Rethinking the Conventional View 163 On the Formation of Zen Genres 174 Roots and Branches 182 Sect. B "Marrow, Bones, Flesh, Skin" 198 The Elements of a Tropological Interpretation 200 Dogen's KS Text in Comparison with Koan-roku Texts 216
Conclusions: Does the Koan Have Buddha-Nature? 237 Appendix I. Translations of Kana Shobogenzo Fascicles 243 Appendix II. On the Mana Shobogenzo 257 Glossary of Sino-Japanese Terms, Names and Titles 277 Notes 289 Bibliography 311 Index 323
