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Zen Buddhism and social engagement.

Eschbach, Robert.

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Zen Buddhism and social engagement.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Zen Buddhism and social engagement./
Author:	Eschbach, Robert.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2009,
Description:	50 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 71-08.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International71-08.
Subject:	Religion. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1473629
ISBN:	9781109578362

Zen Buddhism and social engagement.
Eschbach, Robert.

Zen Buddhism and social engagement. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2009 - 50 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 71-08.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Colorado at Boulder, 2009.

In this essay, I will examine the history of Chan/Zen Buddhism as well as the nascent socially engaged Buddhist movement. I will center my discussion of Zen Buddhism loosely around the concept of sudden enlightenment. I believe that unpacking Zen Buddhist approaches to awakening will shed light on how they approach broader social issues. More specifically, I will argue that a strict subitist doctrine is in tension with the idea of socially engaged Buddhism, and that a certain amount of "gradualism" must be introduced in order for a Zen Buddhist to justify or legitimate compassionate action. After attempting to briefly survey the history of Zen thought through the ideal types of sudden/gradual enlightenment, I will then explore these ideas in juxtaposition to those of contemporary socially engaged Zen Buddhists. I will argue that most of the reasons underpinning contemporary socially engaged action do not come out of the Zen tradition, but either post-enlightenment Western rationality, or other basic Buddhist concepts that also share a certain amount of tension with the Zen tradition. If nothing else, I hope to bring a certain amount of attention to the gap between the kind of socially engaged Buddhism in the modern West and the lack of "compassionate action" throughout the history of Zen Buddhism. I believe that this is a complex and interesting topic deserving much more treatment than I will be able to give it here. Nonetheless, I hope to outline what I believe are the key concepts and arguments in the discussion.

ISBN: 9781109578362Subjects--Topical Terms:

516493
Religion.
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