| Description |
xxi, 222 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Continuum studies in Eastern philosophies |
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Continuum studies in Eastern philosophies.
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| Contents |
Introduction: experiential deconstructive inquiry -- Foundational philosophies and spiritual methods -- Non-duality in Advaita Vedānta 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 Vedānta : philosophical foundations and deconstructive strategies -- Sources of the tradition -- Upaniṣads : 'that art thou' (tat tvam asi) -- Gauḍapāda (c.7th century) : 'no bondage, no liberation' -- Śaṅkara (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 Vedānta summary : 'nothing ever happens' -- Zen Buddhism : philosophical foundations and deconstructive strategies -- Sources of the tradition -- The Laṇkāvatāra Sūtra and the Vajracchedikā Prajñāpa ̄ramitā Sūtra : 'all things ... are not independent of each other and not two' -- Nāgārjuna (c.113-213) : 'Saṃsāra is nothing essentially different from nirva ̄ṇa. Nirvāṇa is nothing essentially different from sam ̣sāra' -- Eihei Dōgen (1200-1253) : 'if I am already enlightened, why must I practice?' -- Contemporary masters -- Ekai Korematsu (b. 1948) : 'return to the spine' -- Hōgen 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 Vedānta -- Experiential undoing in Zen Buddhism -- Conclusion: deconstruction of reified awareness |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Advaita.
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Deconstruction.
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Vedanta.
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Zen Buddhism.
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| LC no. |
2009043205 |
| ISBN |
0826420680 (HB) |
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9780826420688 (HB) |
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