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Buddhist revivalist movements : comparing Zen Buddhism and the Thai forest movement / Alan Robert Lopez.

Lopez, Alan, 1947- (author.).

Summary:

This text provides a comparative investigation of the affinities and differences of two of the most dynamic currents in World Buddhism: Zen Buddhism and the Thai Forest Movement. Defying differences in denomination, culture, and historical epochs, these schools revived an unfettered quest for enlightenment and proceeded to independently forge like practices and doctrines. The author examines the teaching gambits and tactics, the methods of practice, the place and story line of teacher biography, and the nature and role of the awakening experience, revealing similar forms deriving from an uncompromising pursuit of awaking, the insistence on self-cultivation, and the preeminent role of the charismatic master. Offering a pertinent review of their encounters with modernism, the book provides a new coherence to these seemingly disparate movements, opening up new avenues for scholars and possibilities for practitioners.

Record details

ISBN: 1137540869
ISBN: 9781137540867
Physical Description: 1 online resource (244 pages)
Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:october.22 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface; A Comparative Study; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Entering the�Mountains and�Forests; Introduction; Two Revivalist Buddhist Movements; Preview; The Symbolic and�the�Real; Research; Technical Issues; Summary; References; Chapter 2: Streams and�Sources, Forests and�Mountains; Introduction; The Genesis Stories; Forest Monks from�Bodhgaya to�Colombo; The Thai Forest Movement: From�Sukhothai to�Bangkok; Bodhidharma and�His Children; The Central Contradiction of�Buddhism; Master/Disciple Relationship, Charisma, and�Self-Cultivation; Summary; References. Ch'an/Zen MeditationWalking Meditation; Meditation and�Context: A�Comparative View; Individualism and�Collectivism; Sila and�Ascetic Practices; Everyday Life, Temple Life; The Structure of�the�Way; The Spirit of�the�Way; Summary; References; Chapter 5: Awakenings; Introduction; Enlightenment: One or Many?; Awakenings from�the�Forest; From the�Mountains; Dimensions of�Awakening: Phenomenology, Structure, and�Function; The Phenomenology of�Awakening; The Transformation of�Structures of�Mind; The Social Functions of�Awakening; Summary; References; Chapter 6: Lives of�the�Awakened; Introduction. Chapter 3: Fish Sauce and�Plums: Teaching TacticsIntroduction; Thread and�Transmission; Telos and�Charisma; Teaching Contexts/Teaching Moments; Historical Antecedents; Ch'an and�Forest Teaching Tactics; Utilization; Paradoxical Speech; Indeterminate/Indirect Speech and�Language; Pith Instruction; Modeling Behavior; Confrontation; Contradiction and�the�Deconstruction of�the�Sacred; Compassionate Torment; Function of�the�Tactics; General Characteristics; Summary; References; Chapter 4: Warriors of�the�Way: Practice and�Path; Introduction; Meditation; Meditation in�the�Forest. Early Suttas and�the�AbhidhammaMainstream Theravada Reactions; Mahayana and�Ch'an/Zen on�Pure Mind; The Purity Conundrum; Shining Mind in�Practice; Summary; References; Chapter 8: View, Emptiness, Nowness, and�Skillful Means; Introduction; View from�the�Mountain and�Forest.; Ch'an/Zen: No Buddha, No Dharma, No View; Views from�the�Forest; Emptiness: North and�South?; Nowness and�the�Way; The Triumph of�Wisdom and�Skillful Means; Knowledge and�Emancipation; Summary; References; Chapter 9: Meeting of�the�Twain: Revivalism and�Modernity; Introduction; First Encounter; The Background. HagiographyMyth and�Passage; Sample Cases; The Primary Narrative; Forest and�Mountain Tales; Pre-Liminal: Birth, Prophecy, and�Separation; The Call and�Dispassion; Departure and�Separation; Road of�Trials; The Liminal; The Way of�Aloneness; The Immovable Spot and�the�Great Battle; Post-Liminal: Return, Integration, and�Death; Anti-Saints, Rascals, and�Hags; Critical Voices; Summary; References; Chapter 7: Pure Mind: The�Fifth Noble Truth; Introduction; Doctrinal Setting; Pure Mind in�the�Forest Tradition; The Nature of�Pure Mind; By Any Name; Teaching and�Scriptural Defenses.
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