Emptiness and Omnipresence: An Essential Introduction to Tiantai Buddhism by Bro

Description: Emptiness and Omnipresence by Brook A. Ziporyn Ziporyn reveals the profound insights of Tiantai Buddhism while stimulating philosophical reflection on its unexpected effects. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Tiantai Buddhism emerged from an idiosyncratic and innovative interpretation of the Lotus Sutra to become one of the most complete, systematic, and influential schools of philosophical thought developed in East Asia. Brook A. Ziporyn puts Tiantai into dialogue with modern philosophical concerns to draw out its implications for ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics. Ziporyn explains Tiantais unlikely roots, its positions of extreme affirmation and rejection, its religious skepticism and embrace of religious myth, and its view of human consciousness. Ziporyn reveals the profound insights of Tiantai Buddhism while stimulating philosophical reflection on its unexpected effects. Author Biography Brook A. Ziporyn is Professor of Chinese Religion, Philosophy, and Comparative Thought at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. Table of Contents Introduction 1. Just Here Is the End of Suffering: Letting Suffering Be in Early Buddhism 2. Rafts and Arrows: The Two Truths in Pre-Tiantai Buddhism 3. Neither Thus Nor Otherwise: Mahyna Approaches to Emptiness 4. Buddha-nature and Original Enlightenment 5. How to Not Know What Youre Doing: Introduction to the Lotus Stra 6. The New Middle Way: Highlights of the Lotus Stra in Tiantai Context 7. The Interpervasion of All Points of View: From the Lotus Stra to Tiantai 8. Tiantai: The Multiverse as You 9. Experiencing Tiantai: Experiments with Tiantai Practice 10. Tiantai Ethics and the Worst Case Scenario Epilogue: So Far and Yet So Close NotesBibliography and Suggested ReadingIndex Review Those who take the journey with Ziporyn will find a rich and rewarding work, not simply due to the mind-boggling Tiantai doctrine, but also because of Ziporyns respect for the tradition and his extraordinary finesse in presenting its demanding ideas. * Publishers Weekly * Review Quote "Those who take the journey with Ziporyn will find a rich and rewarding work, not simply due to the mind-boggling Tiantai doctrine, but also because of Ziporyns respect for the tradition and his extraordinary finesse in presenting its demanding ideas."-- Publishers Weekly "Introduces new stories and expressions of rather arcane and often scholastic teachings, and succeeds in making the subject matter interesting and relevant, for the general reader as well as the specialist."--Paul Swanson, author of Foundations of Tien-Tai Philosophy: The Flowering of the Two Truths Theory in Chinese Bu Details ISBN025302112X Author Brook A. Ziporyn Short Title EMPTINESS & OMNIPRESENCE Language English ISBN-10 025302112X ISBN-13 9780253021120 Media Book Format Paperback Pages 336 Series World Philosophies Year 2016 Imprint Indiana University Press Subtitle An Essential Introduction to Tiantai Buddhism Place of Publication Bloomington, IN Country of Publication United States Publication Date 2016-05-02 Publisher Indiana University Press UK Release Date 2016-05-02 AU Release Date 2016-05-02 NZ Release Date 2016-05-02 US Release Date 2016-05-02 Illustrations 1 Tables, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white Alternative 9780253021083 DEWEY 294.39 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:97647404;

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