An in-depth study of the pervasive influence of early Romantic thought in shaping the way Buddhism is taught in the West, and of the practical consequences of following the Romantics rather than the Buddha in approaching the problem of suffering and stress.
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Table of Contents Titlepage 2 Copyright 3 Acknowledgements 5 Questioning Buddhist Romanticism 6 How to Read this Book 17 Dramatis Personae 19 The Buddha 20 Five Early Romantics 27 Novalis (1772–1801) 29 Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829) 32 Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1834) 36 Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843) 39 Friedrich Schelling (1775–1854) 45 Shaping the Romantic Experience 49 An Ancient Path 58 Suffering, Its Cause, Its Cessation 59 The Path 62 How the Buddha Taught 66 Keeping the Path Open 68 An Age of Tendencies 71 Science 73 Politics 77 Philosophy 81 Kant 82 Fichte 86 Schiller 88 Herder 93 Plato 100 Literature 102 The Romantic Universe 110 Symphilosophy 111 Unity 112 Organic 115 Infinite 121 The Attractions of Freedom 130 The Romantic Program 135 Romantic Religion 143 The Religious Experience 144 Religious Bildung 148 Schleiermacher’s Reception 153 Recognizing Romantic Religion 157 The Transmission of Romantic Religion 167 Emerson 170 Psychology of Religion 179 James 180 Jung 191 Maslow 202 History of Religions 209 Hegel 211 Romanticism in Modern Scholarship 219 Perennial Philosophy 223 The Cumulative Transmission 239 Buddhist Romanticism 243 Voices of Buddhist Romanticism 245 The Appeal of Buddhist Romanticism 262 Buddhist Romanticism vs. the Dhamma 265 The Ironies of Buddhist Romanticism 289 Unromantic Dhamma 295 The Discovery of the Dhamma 295 The Problem of Dukkha 296 Skill in Questions 296 Kamma & Further Becoming 298 Desire 300 Questions of Self & Not-self 302 Separateness & Oneness 308 Feeding 310 Heedfulness vs. Innate Goodness 312 Mindfulness & Ardency 314 The Essence of the Dhamma 315 The Only Path 319 Right View 323 The Survival of the True Dhamma 325 Glossary 332 Abbreviations 335 Endnotes 336 Chapter One 336 Chapter Three 336 Chapter Four 337 Chapter Five 338 Chapter Six 339 Bibliography 342
