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An old pond; a frog jumps in: the sound of water -- Basho This
comprehensive introduction to Japan's best-loved haiku poets is the
perfect book for anyone wanting to learn about haiku. Compiled and
with commentary by renowned author and translator William Scott
Wilson, the book features 26 poets and 550 haiku, exquisitely
translated. Wilson takes the reader on a fascinating journey
through the works of the major Japanese poets from the fifteenth
century up to the present. The poets include Basho, Shiki, Buson
and Issa (the "Great Four") along with other well-known
practitioners of the genre such as Ryokan, Kikaku and Chora. Wilson
gives his own brand-new renditions of poems that are already known
as classics, and also shares with us the delightful work of a
number of poets who are rarely found in English translation, such
as six female poets including Chiyojo and Hisajo, as well as
novelist Natsume Soseki, who, unbeknown to many, also wrote haiku.
The book is divided into sections, each starting with a 2-4 page
introduction to each poet, followed by a selection of that poet's
haiku, in Japanese script and English translation. Online audio
files are available with recordings of the poems in both English
and Japanese.
The Treasury of the True Dharma Eye (Shobogenzo) is the masterwork
of Dogen (1200-1253), founder of the Soto Zen Buddhist sect in
Kamakura-era Japan. It is one of the most important Zen Buddhist
collections, composed during a period of remarkable religious
diversity and experimentation. The text is complex and compelling,
famed for its eloquent yet perplexing manner of expressing the core
precepts of Zen teachings and practice. This book is a
comprehensive introduction to this essential Zen text, offering a
textual, historical, literary, and philosophical examination of
Dogen's treatise. Steven Heine explores the religious and cultural
context in which the Treasury was composed and provides a detailed
study of the various versions of the medieval text that have been
compiled over the centuries. He includes nuanced readings of
Dogen's use of inventive rhetorical flourishes and the range of
East Asian Buddhist textual and cultural influences that shaped the
work. Heine explicates the philosophical implications of Dogen's
views on contemplative experience and attaining and sustaining
enlightenment, showing the depth of his distinctive understanding
of spiritual awakening. Readings of Dogen's Treasury of the True
Dharma Eye will give students and other readers a full
understanding of this fundamental work of world religious
literature.
The growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the
Asia-Pacific region greatly surpasses the world average. When the
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is better realized, then the
world's largest free trade zone will be firmly established. It
seems that this region has a very rosy outlook indeed; however,
this region also faces a large number of serious problems such as:
atomic energy in Japan, conflicts about East Asian regional
integration, the decline of the Japanese Official Development
Assistance (ODA), and the TPP's possible impact on the Japanese
universal health insurance system. We now face a possible
Sino-Japanese military conflict concerning the Senkaku Islands (or
Diaoyutai Islands). In short, the Asia-Pacific region has both a
rosy future and the potential influence from unstable and dangerous
elements at work within the region at present. The main purpose of
this book is to analyze historical development, whilst looking at
the contemporary situation of Japan from interdisciplinary
perspectives. This book asks three major questions: (1) Is this
really globalization? (2) What are Japan's relations with other
Asian countries? (3) Do U.S.-Japan relations still matter? Fourteen
leading scholars in their fields answer these questions from
interdisciplinary perspectives.
Abe's studies of Dogen constitute a minor masterpiece within his
overall scholarly production. His efforts have been two-fold:
translation and interpretation.
This book provides an in-depth textual and literary analysis of the
Blue Cliff Record (Chinese Biyanlu, Japanese Hekiganroku), a
seminal Chan/Zen Buddhist collection of commentaries on one hundred
gongan/koan cases, considered in light of historical, cultural, and
intellectual trends from the Song dynasty (960-1279). Compiled by
Yuanwu Keqin in 1128, the Blue Cliff Record is considered a classic
of East Asian literature for its creative integration of prose and
verse as well as hybrid or capping-phrase interpretations of
perplexing cases. The collection employs a variety of rhetorical
devices culled from both classic and vernacular literary sources
and styles and is particularly notable for its use of indirection,
allusiveness, irony, paradox, and wordplay, all characteristic of
the approach of literary or lettered Chan. However, as instrumental
and influential as it is considered to be, the Blue Cliff Record
has long been shrouded in controversy. The collection is probably
best known today for having been destroyed in the 1130s at the dawn
of the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) by Dahui Zonggao, Yuanwu's
main disciple and harshest critic. It was out of circulation for
nearly two centuries before being revived and partially
reconstructed in the early 1300s. In this book, Steven Heine
examines the diverse ideological connections and disconnections
behind subsequent commentaries and translations of the Blue Cliff
Record, thereby shedding light on the broad range of gongan
literature produced in the eleventh to thirteenth centuries and
beyond.
The growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the
Asia-Pacific region greatly surpasses the world average. When the
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is better realized, then the
world's largest free trade zone will be firmly established. It
seems that this region has a very rosy outlook indeed; however,
this region also faces a large number of serious problems such as:
atomic energy in Japan, conflicts about East Asian regional
integration, the decline of the Japanese Official Development
Assistance (ODA), and the TPP's possible impact on the Japanese
universal health insurance system. We now face a possible
Sino-Japanese military conflict concerning the Senkaku Islands (or
Diaoyutai Islands). In short, the Asia-Pacific region has both a
rosy future and the potential influence from unstable and dangerous
elements at work within the region at present. The main purpose of
this book is to analyze historical development, whilst looking at
the contemporary situation of Japan from interdisciplinary
perspectives. This book asks three major questions: (1) Is this
really globalization? (2) What are Japan's relations with other
Asian countries? (3) Do U.S.-Japan relations still matter? Fourteen
leading scholars in their fields answer these questions from
interdisciplinary perspectives.
This volume continues the work of a recent collection published in
2012 by Oxford University Press, Dogen: Textual and Historical
Studies. It features some of the same outstanding authors as well
as some new experts who explore diverse aspects of the life and
teachings of Zen master Dogen (1200-1253), the founder of the Soto
Zen sect (or Sotoshu) in early Kamakura-era Japan. The contributors
examine the ritual and institutional history of the Soto school,
including the role of the Eiheji monastery established by Dogen as
well as various kinds of rites and precepts performed there and at
other temples. Dogen and Soto Zen builds upon and further refines a
continuing wave of enthusiastic popular interest and scholarly
developments in Western appropriations of Zen. In the last few
decades, research in English and European languages on Dogen and
Soto Zen has grown, aided by an increasing awareness on both sides
of the Pacific of the important influence of the religious movement
and its founder. The school has flourished throughout the medieval
and early modern periods of Japanese history, and it is still
spreading and reshaping itself in the current age of globalization.
Extending their successful series of collections on Zen Buddhism,
Heine and Wright present a fifth volume, on what may be the most
important topic of all - Zen Masters. Following two volumes on Zen
literature (Zen Classics and The Zen Canon) and two volumes on Zen
practice (The Koan and Zen Ritual) they now propose a volume on the
most significant product of the Zen tradition - the Zen masters who
have made this kind of Buddhism the most renowned in the world by
emphasizing the role of eminent spiritual leaders and their
function in establishing centers, forging lineages, and creating
literature and art. Zen masters in China, and later in Korea and
Japan, were among the cultural leaders of their times. Stories
about their comportment and powers circulated widely throughout
East Asia. In this volume ten leading Zen scholars focus on the
image of the Zen master as it has been projected over the last
millennium by the classic literature of this tradition. Each
chapter looks at a single prominent master. Authors assess the
master's personality and charisma, his reported behavior and
comportment, his relationships with teachers, rivals and
disciplines, lines of transmission, primary teachings, the
practices he emphasized, sayings and catch-phrases associated with
him, his historical and social context, representations and icons,
and enduring influences.
Since Zen Buddhism first captivated the attention of Western
seekers the dominant discourse about this sect has been romantic,
idealistic, and utopian. The essence of Zen has been described as
ineffable, holistic, and promoting social harmony. In recent years,
however, some scholars have begun to examine Zen through the lenses
of historical and cultural criticism, producing a sharp challenge
to the traditional view. These clashing viewpoints are now
entrenched in two warring camps, and their exponents talk past each
other with virtually no constructive interaction. In this book,
Steven Heine argues that a constructive compromise is possible. He
focuses on three principal areas of disagreement: (1) the role of
language and discourse in a tradition that claims to be 'outside
words and letters, ' yet has produced a voluminous body of texts,
(2) the function of rituals and objects of worship to gain world
benefit in a tradition supposedly founded on unmediated experience
attained in an iconoclastic and ascetic environment, (3) the impact
of a tradition that espouses peace and harmony on social issues
such as class and gender discrimination and on nationalism and
imperialism in Japan. Avoiding the stagnant polarization that
characterizes most encounters between Zen traditionalists and their
critics, he suggests ways in which these two perspectives can
complement each other in a more balanced and nuanced alternative
position.
Dogen (1200-1253), the founder of the Soto Zen sect in Japan, is
especially known for introducing to Japanese Buddhism many of the
texts and practices that he discovered in China. Heine reconstructs
the context of Dogen's travels to and reflections on China by means
of a critical look at traditional sources both by and about Dogen
in light of recent Japanese scholarship. While many studies
emphasize the unique features of Dogen's Japanese influences, this
book calls attention to the way Chinese and Japanese elements were
fused in Dogen's religious vision. It reveals many new materials
and insights into Dogen's main writings, including the multiple
editions of the Shobogenzo, and how and when this seminal text was
created by Dogen and was edited and interpreted by his disciples.
This book is the culmination of the author's thirty years of
research on Dogen and provides the reader with a comprehensive
approach to the master's life works and an understanding of the
overall career trajectory of one of the most important figures in
the history of Buddhism and Asian religious thought.
Dogen (1200-1253), the founder of the Soto Zen sect in Japan, is
especially known for introducing to Japanese Buddhism many of the
texts and practices that he discovered in China. Heine reconstructs
the context of Dogen's travels to and reflections on China by means
of a critical look at traditional sources both by and about Dogen
in light of recent Japanese scholarship. While many studies
emphasize the unique features of Dogen's Japanese influences, this
book calls attention to the way Chinese and Japanese elements were
fused in Dogen's religious vision. It reveals many new materials
and insights into Dogen's main writings, including the multiple
editions of the Shobogenzo, and how and when this seminal text was
created by Dogen and was edited and interpreted by his disciples.
This book is the culmination of the author's thirty years of
research on Dogen and provides the reader with a comprehensive
approach to the master's life works and an understanding of the
overall career trajectory of one of the most important figures in
the history of Buddhism and Asian religious thought.
This is a companion volume to The Koan and The Zen Canon, by the
same editors. The first volume collected original essays on koan
collections, recorded sayings of individual masters, histories of
major schools, and compilations of monastic regulations. The second
focuses on the early history of Zen in China, providing overview
assessments of many of the most important canonical texts that set
the Zen tradition in motion throughout East Asia. Zen Classics will
follow that historical movement, focusing primarily on texts from
Korea and Japan that brought this Buddhist movement to fruition.
Although enormously diverse in style and structure all of the texts
and genres of texts considered here were fundamental to the
unfolding of Zen in East Asia. The range of genres reveals the
varieties of Zen practice, from rules of daily practice to sermons
and meditation manuals. The all new essays in this volume will be
contributed by an international team of distinguished scholars of
Buddhism. It is aimed at a broad audience including college
students, Zen practitioners, and scholars of East Asian history,
religion, and culture, as well as specialists in Buddhist history.
Bodhidharma, its first patriarch, reputedly said that Zen Buddhism
represents "a special transmission outside the teaching/Without
reliance on words and letters." This saying, along with the often
perplexing use of language (and silence) by Zen masters, gave rise
to the notion that Zen is a
"lived religion" based strictly on practice. This collection of
previously unpublished essays argues that Zen actually has a rich
and varied literary heritage. Among the most significant texts are
hagiographic accounts and recorded sayings of individual Zen
masters, koan collections and
commentaries, and rules for monastic life. This volume offers
learned yet accessible studies of some of the most important
classical Zen texts, including some that have received little
scholarly attention (and many that are accessible only to
specialists). Each essay provides historical, literary,
and philosophical commentary on a particular text or genre.
Bodhidharma, its first patriarch, reputedly said that Zen Buddhism
represents "a special transmission outside the teaching/Without
reliance on words and letters." This saying, along with the often
perplexing use of language (and silence) by Zen masters, gave rise
to the notion that Zen is a "lived religion," based strictly on
non-linguistic practice and lacking a substantial canon of sacred
texts. Even those who recognize the importance of Zen texts
commonly limit their focus to a few select texts without
recognizing the wide variety of Zen literature. This collection of
previously unpublished essays argues that Zen actually has a rich
and varied literary heritage. Among the most significant textual
genres are hagiographic accounts and recorded sayings of individual
Zen masters, koan collections and commentaries, and rules for
monastic life. During times of political turmoil in China and
Japan, these texts were crucial to the survival and success of Zen,
and they have for centuries been valued by practitioners as vital
expressions of the truth of Zen. This volume offers learned yet
accessible studies of some of the most important classical Zen
texts, including some that have received little scholarly attention
(and many of which are accessible only to specialists). Each essay
provides historical, literary, and philosophical commentary on a
particular text or genre. Together, they offer a critique of the
"de facto canon" that has been created by the limited approach of
Western scholarship, and demonstrate that literature is a diverse
and essential part of Zen Buddhism.
Koans are enigmatic spiritual formulas used for religious training
in the Zen Buddhist tradition. This innovative religious practice
is one of the most distinctive elements of this tradition, which
originated in medieval China and spread to Japan and Korea. Perhaps
no dimension of Asian religious has attracted so much interest in
the West, and its influence is apparent from beat poetry to
deconstructive literary critisism. The essays collected in this
volume argue that our understanding of the Koan tradition has been
severely limited. The authors try to undermine stereotypes and
problematic interpretations by examining previously unrecognized
factors in the formation of the tradition, and by highlighting the
rich complexity and remarkable diversity of Koan practice and
literature.
A collection of essays by 20th-century American, English, and
European composers in which each composer discusses a large choral
work or works he has written, along with the principles that guided
the composition.
It is said that in traditional Japan the samurai embraced Zen
because it helped them to be fearless in adversity, to act quickly
and decisively, and to keep focused on their ultimate goal. In
White Collar Zen, Steven Heine shows how, by applying Zen
principles in our working lives, we can achieve the same results
for ourselves. Heine describes the way Zen embraces two different
yet harmonious paths. The Way of the Hermit teaches detachment-the
mental clarity you need to view your situation dispassionately and
impartially, to perceive who is an ally and who is a competitor, to
understand what is possible and what is not. The Way of the Warrior
teaches the ability to act without hesitation at the proper moment.
Together, they can prepare you to meet the challenges of the modern
professional world. Heine offers a step-by-step approach to
attaining these skills and applying them in daily life. Using
real-world examples interwoven with sayings and stories from the
Zen tradition, he shows how Zen can help in situations ranging from
gaining a deserved promotion to overcoming obstacles that arise
from a breakdown in teamwork. He makes it clear that in Zen the
path to personal success must be one that values integrity,
respects every individual, emphasizes cooperation, and serves the
goals of the larger group. Replete with practical advice, White
Collar Zen will appeal to many of the same readers who have made
The Art of War and The Book of Five Rings so successful. It will
certainly fascinate anyone interested in applying Zen principles to
achieving professional excellence.
The stereotype of Zen Buddhism as a minimalistic or even immaterial
meditative tradition persists in the Euro-American cultural
imagination. This volume calls attention to the vast range of
"stuff" in Zen by highlighting the material abundance and iconic
range of the Soto, Rinzai, and Obaku sects in Japan. Chapters on
beads, bowls, buildings, staffs, statues, rags, robes, and even
retail commodities in America all shed new light on overlooked
items of lay and monastic practice in both historical and
contemporary perspectives. Nine authors from the cognate fields of
art history, religious studies, and the history of material culture
analyze these "Zen c matters" in all four senses of the phrase: the
interdisciplinary study of Zen's matters (objects and images)
ultimately speaks to larger Zen matters (ideas, ideals) that matter
(in the predicate sense) to both male and female practitioners,
often because such matters (economic considerations) help to ensure
the cultural and institutional survival of the tradition. Zen and
Material Culture expands the study of Japanese Zen Buddhism to
include material inquiry as an important complement to mainly
textual, institutional, or ritual studies. It also broadens the
traditional purview of art history by incorporating the visual
culture of everyday Zen objects and images into the canon of
recognized masterpieces by elite artists. Finally, the volume
extends Japanese material and visual cultural studies into new
research territory by taking up Zen's rich trove of materia
liturgica and supplementing the largely secular approach to
studying Japanese popular culture. This groundbreaking volume will
be a resource for anyone whose interests lie at the intersection of
Zen art, architecture, history, ritual, tea ceremony, women's
studies, and the fine line between Buddhist materiality and
materialism.
Extending their successful series of collections on Zen Buddhism,
Heine and Wright present a fifth volume, on what may be the most
important topic of all - Zen Masters. Following two volumes on Zen
literature (Zen Classics and The Zen Canon) and two volumes on Zen
practice (The Koan and Zen Ritual) they now propose a volume on the
most significant product of the Zen tradition - the Zen masters who
have made this kind of Buddhism the most renowned in the world by
emphasizing the role of eminent spiritual leaders and their
function in establishing centers, forging lineages, and creating
literature and art. Zen masters in China, and later in Korea and
Japan, were among the cultural leaders of their times. Stories
about their comportment and powers circulated widely throughout
East Asia. In this volume ten leading Zen scholars focus on the
image of the Zen master as it has been projected over the last
millennium by the classic literature of this tradition. Each
chapter looks at a single prominent master. Authors assess the
master's personality and charisma, his reported behavior and
comportment, his relationships with teachers, rivals and
disciplines, lines of transmission, primary teachings, the
practices he emphasized, sayings and catch-phrases associated with
him, his historical and social context, representations and icons,
and enduring influences.
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