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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.
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 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.
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 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.
By integrating the Web with traditional TV, Google TV offers
developers an important new channel for content. But creating apps
for Google TV requires learning some new skills--in fact, what you
may already know about mobile or desktop web apps isn't entirely
applicable. "Building Web Apps for Google TV" will help you make
the transition to Google TV as you learn the tools and techniques
necessary to build sophisticated web apps for this platform.
This book shows you how Google TV works, how it fits into the
web ecosystem, and what the opportunities are for delivering rich
content to millions of households.Discover the elements of a
compelling TV web app, and what comprises TV-friendly navigation
Learn the fundamentals for designing the 10-foot user experience
Work with the Google Chrome browser on a TV display, and migrate an
existing site Use examples for developing a TV web app, including
the UI, controls, and scrolling Understand how to optimize,
deliver, and protect video content for Google TV Help users
discover your content by optimizing your site for
Search--especially videos
"What is the sound of one hand clapping?" "Does a dog have
Buddha-nature?" These cryptic expressions are among the best-known
examples of koans, the confusing, often contradictory sayings that
form the centrepiece of Zen Buddhist learning and training. Viewed
as an ideal method for attaining and transmitting an unimpeded
experience of enlightenment, they became the main object of study
in Zen meditation, where their contemplation was meant to exhaust
the capacity of the rational mind and the expressiveness of speech.
Koan compilations, which include elegant poetic and eloquent prose
commentaries on cryptic dialogues, are part of a great literary
tradition in China, Japan, and Korea that appealed to intellectuals
who sought spiritual fulfilment through interpreting elaborate
rhetoric related to mysterious metaphysical exchanges. In this
compact volume, Steven Heine, who has written extensively on Zen
Buddhism and koans, introduces and analyses the classic background
of texts and rites and explores the contemporary significance of
koans to illuminate the full implications of this ongoing
tradition. He delves deeply into the inner structure of koan
literature to uncover and interpret profound levels of metaphorical
significance. At the same time, he takes the reader beyond the veil
of vagueness and inscrutability to an understanding of how koan
writings have been used in pre-modern East Asia and are coming to
be evoked and implemented in modern American practice of Zen. By
focusing on two main facets of the religious themes expressed in
koan records-individual religious attainment and the role dialogues
play in maintaining order in the monastic system-Zen Koans reveals
the distinct yet interlocking levels of meaning reflected in
different koan case records and helps make sense of the seemingly
nonsensical. It is a book for anyone interested in untangling the
web of words used in Zen exchanges and exploring their important
place in the vast creative wellspring of East Asian religion and
culture.
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.
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.
In this groundbreaking collection of essays edited by Steven Heine,
leading scholars of Buddhism from both sides of the Pacific explore
the life and thought of Zen Master Dogen (1200-1253), the founder
of the Japanese Soto sect. Through both textual and historical
analysis, the volume shows Dogen in context of the Chinese Chan
tradition that influenced him and demonstrates the tremendous,
lasting impact he had on Buddhist thought and culture in Japan. The
essays provide critical new insight into Dogen's writings. Special
attention is given to the Shobogenzo and several of its fascicles,
which express Dogen's views on such practices and rituals as using
supranormal powers (jinzu), reading the sutras (kankin), diligent
training in zazen meditation (shikan taza), and the koan realized
in everyday life (genjokoan). Dogen: Textual and Historical Studies
also analyzes the historical significance of this seminal figure:
for instance, Dogen's methods of appropriating Chan sources and his
role relative to that of his Japanese Zen predecessor Eisai,
considered the founder of the Rinzai sect, who preceded Dogen in
traveling to China. This book is a crucial contribution to the
advancement of specialized studies of Dogen, as well as to the
Chan/Zen school in the context of East Asian religions and their
social and historical trends.
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.
With the growing popularity of Zen Buddhism in the West, virtually
everyone knows, or thinks they know, what a koan is: a brief and
baffling question or statement that cannot be solved by the logical
mind and which, after sustained concentration, can lead to sudden
enlightenment. But the truth about koans is both simpler--and more
complicated--than this.
In Opening a Mountain, Steven Heine shows that koans, and the
questions we associate with them--such as "What is the sound of one
hand clapping?"--are embedded in larger narratives and belong to an
ancient Buddhist tradition of "encounter dialogues." These
dialogues feature dramatic and often inscrutable contests between
masters and disciples, or between masters and an array of natural
and supernatural forces: rouge priests, "wild foxes," hermits,
wizards, shapeshifters, magical animals, and dangerous women. To
establish a new monastery, "to open a mountain," the Zen master had
to tame these wild forces in regions most remote from civilization.
In these extraordinary encounters, fingers and arms are cut off,
pitchers are kicked over, masters appear in and interpret each
other's dreams, and seemingly absurd statements are shown to reveal
the deepest insights. Heine restores these koans to their original
traditions, allowing readers to see both the complex elements of
Chinese culture and religion that they reflect and the role they
played in Zen's transformation of local superstitions into its own
teachings.
Offering a fresh approach to one of the most crucial elements of
Zen Buddhism, Opening a Mountain is essential reading for anyone
seeking to understand the full story behind koans and the
mysterious worlds they come from.
Many developments in Buddhist history, such as the infusion of esoteric rituals, the rise of devotionalism and lay movements, and the assimilation of warrior practices, reflect the impact of widespread social changes on traditional religious structures. At the same time, Buddhism has been able to maintain its doctrinal purity to a remarkable degree. This volume explores how the traditional Buddhist communities of Asia have responded to the challenges of modernity, such as science and technology, colonialism, and globalisation. Nine essays, all commissioned expressly for this volume, consider how the encounter with modernity has impacted the disciplinary, textual, ritual, devotional, practical, and socio-political traditions of Buddhist though throughout Asia. The result is the most comprehensive overview of Asian Buddhism available today.
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