Visions of Awakening Space and Time: Dōgen and the Lotus Sutra

by Taigen Dan Leighton

Book Overview

As a religion concerned with universal liberation, Zen grew out of a Buddhist worldview very different from the currently prevalent scientific materialism. Indeed, says Taigen Dan Leighton, Zen cannot be fully understood outside of a worldview that sees reality itself as a vital, dynamic agent of awareness and healing. In this book, Leighton explicates that worldview through the writings of the Zen master Eihei Dōgen (1200-1253), considered the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195383370
• ISBN13: 9780195383379
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"