Advaita Vedānta and Zen Buddhism : deconstructive modes of spiritual inquiry /: deconstructive modes of spiritual inquiry. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Leesa S. Davis.
• Other Names: Davis, Leesa S
• 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 Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra : 'all things ... are not independent of each other and not two' -- Nāgārjuna (c.113-213) : 'Saṃsāra is nothing essentially different from nirvāṇa. Nirvāṇa is nothing essentially different from saṃsāra' -- 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.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 222 pages)
• Subjects: 181/.482; Advaita; Vedanta; Zen Buddhism; Deconstruction; PHILOSOPHY -- Hindu; Advaita; Deconstruction; Vedanta; Zen Buddhism; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441105868; 1441105867
• Related ISBNs: 9780826420688; 0826420680
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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