Dogen Studies (Paperback, Enlarged ed.)

The induction of D gen into the modern academic world, or per-haps more accurately, the academic world's first real engagement with D gen came about 1924 when Watsuji Tetsur (1889-1960) published a provocative essay entitled "Shaman D gen." It was this essay that to many of Watsuji's contemporaries seemed to rescue D gen from what they considered to be his entrapment for nearly seven centuries in the sectarian embrace of the S t school. Watsuji insisted that D gen no longer should be thought of as belonging exclusively to the monastic community. Claiming, instead, that D gen "belongs to mankind," Watsuji with this declaration initiated the non-sectarian study of this thirteenth-century figure and in effect commenced what are called D gen Studies [Dagen kenkyii] in modern times. As one way of exploring what it might possibly mean to say that D gen "belongs to mankind," the Kuroda Institute held a conference on D gen at Tassajara Springs, California from October 8 to 10, 1981. The essays of this volume are a part of its result.

General

Imprint:	University of Hawaii Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in East Asian Buddhism
Release date:	May 1985
First published:	May 1985
Authors:	William R. LaFleur
Dimensions:	153 x 226 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
Edition:	Enlarged ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-8248-1011-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General
LSN:	0-8248-1011-2
Barcode:	9780824810115

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