Park One Korean's Approach to Buddhism

The Mom/Momjit Paradigm
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7914-7710-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Korean Studies

Insights into the experience and philosophy of Buddhism from a Korean perspective.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Park, Sung Bae

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction

Chapter One: Initial Considerations
Sociological Concerns
Individual Needs
Human Ignorance
Ordinary and Absolute Aspects
Suffering
Definition of Mom and Momjit: A Closer Look
The Experience of Mom
Practical Applications
Stages of Access
Coexistence of Mom and Momjit
Two Dimensions of Human Existence

Chapter Two: Mom and Momjit as Tools for Transformation
The Need for Transformation
The Use of the Hwadu
Initial Thoughts on Hwadu Practice: The Three Disciplines
No-Thought
Getting Down to Practice
Faith and Doubt
Faith and Surrender
Faith and Understanding
What Is Enlightenment?
No Need for Transformation
Attaining Salvation?
The Strange Behavior of Zen Masters
Problems in Practice
The Nature of the Problem
The Real Meaning of Hwadu
The Solution
The Nature of Death

Chapter Three: Other Teachings
WÆnhyo’s Commentary on the Awakening of Mahåyåna Faith (First Chapter)
WÆnhyo’s Treatise on the Vajrasamådhi S¨tra (First Chapter)
WÆnhyo’s Logic of Negation
Hua-yen Theory
The Diamond S¨tra
The Seminal Message of the Platform S¨tra
Chinul
Chinul and the Three Gates
Chinul’s Views on Hwadu Meditation
Chinul’s “Enemy”
Ch’an and Taoism
Confucianism

Chapter Four: Present-Day Applications
Letter and Non-Letter Culture/One Mind
Stages of Practice
The Raft
Faith Revisited
Daily Practice
The Unknown Factor
Desire
The Five Stages of Practice According to Chinul
Personal Story

Conclusion: Final Thoughts on Mom and Momjit

Notes
Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sung Bae Park is Professor of Asian Philosophy and Religions and Director of the Center for Korean Studies at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. He is the author of Buddhist Faith and Sudden Enlightenment, also published by SUNY Press.