A Study of Dōgen, livre ebook

This complete translation of Masao Abe's essays on Dogen probes the core of the Zen master's philosophy and religion. This work analyzes Dogen's formative doubt concerning the notion of original awakening as the basis for his unique approach to nonduality in the doctrines of the oneness of practice and attainment, the unity of beings and Buddha-nature, the simultaneity of time and eternity, and the identity of life and death. Abe also offers insightful, critical comparisons of Dogen and various Buddhist and Western thinkers, especially Shinran and Heidegger.

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Editor's Introduction
Author's Introduction
I. The Oneness of Practice and Attainment: Implications for the Relation between Means and Ends
II. Dogen on Buddha-nature
III. Dogen's View of Time and Space
IV. The Problem of Time in Heidegger and Dogen
V. The Problem of Death in Dogen and Shinran, Part I
VI. The Unborn and Rebirth: The Problem of Death in Dogen and Shinran, Part II
Notes
Glossary of Sino-Japanese Terms
Index