Advaita Vedanta and Zen Buddhism: deconstructive modes of spiritual inquiry
Leesa S. Davis
Advaita Vedanta and Zen Buddhism: deconstructive modes of spiritual inquiry
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Leesa S. DavisPublisher
ContinuumEdition 1
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Advaita Vedanta and Zen Buddhism: deconstructive modes of spiritual inquiry / Leesa S. DavisPublication Details
لندن : Continuum، 2010مPhysical Description
xxi, 222 p.; 24 cm.Subject
AdvaitaVedanta
Zen Buddhism
Deconstruction
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(Continuum studies in Eastern philosophies؛ )Language
انگلیسیContents
Introduction: experiential deconstructive inquiry -- Foundational philosophies and spiritual methods -- Non-duality in Advaita Vedanta and Zen Buddhism -- Ontological differences and non-duality -- Meditative inquiry, questioning, and dialoguing as a means to spiritual insight -- The 'undoing' or deconstruction of dualistic conceptions -- Advaita Vedanta : philosophical foundations and deconstructive strategies -- Sources of the tradition -- Upanisads : 'that art thou' (tat tvam asi) -- Gaudapada (c.7th century) : 'no bondage, no liberation' -- Sankara (c.7th-8th century) : 'there is no apprehender different from this apprehension to apprehend it' -- Modern and contemporary masters -- Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) : 'who am I?' -- H.W.L Poonja (1910-1997) : 'you have to do nothing to be who you are!' -- Gangaji (b. 1942) : 'you are that!' -- Advaita Vedanta summary : 'nothing ever happens' -- Zen Buddhism : philosophical foundations and deconstructive strategies -- Sources of the tradition -- The Lankavatara Sutra and the Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra : 'all things ... are not independent of each other and not two' -- Nagarjuna (c.113-213) : 'Samsara is nothing essentially different from nirvana. Nirvana is nothing essentially different from samsara' -- Eihei Dogen (1200-1253) : 'if I am already enlightened, why must I practice?' -- Contemporary masters -- Ekai Korematsu (b. 1948) : 'return to the spine' -- Hogen Yamahata (b. 1935) : 'why not now?' -- Zen Buddhism summary : 'neither being nor non-being is to be taken hold of' -- Deconstructive techniques and dynamics of experiential undoing -- Four deconstructive techniques common to both traditions -- The teacher-student dynamic -- Four key deconstructive techniques -- Unfindability analysis -- Bringing everything back to the here and now -- Paradoxical problems -- Negation -- Dynamics of experiential undoing -- Non-dual experiential 'space' -- Experiential mapping : practitioners in the space -- Experiential undoing in Advaita Vedanta -- Experiential undoing in Zen Buddhism -- Conclusion: deconstruction of reified awareness