Awareness Bound and Unbound

David R. Loy

Description

What do we need to do to become truly comfortable—at one—with our lives here and now? In these essays, Buddhist social critic and philosopher David R. Loy discusses liberation not from the world, but into it. Loy's lens is a wide one, encompassing the classic and the contemporary, the Asian, the Western, and the comparative. Loy seeks to distinguish what is vital from what is culturally conditioned and perhaps outdated in Buddhism and also to bring fresh worldviews to a Western world in crisis. Some basic Buddhist teachings are reconsidered and thinkers such as Nagarjuna, Dogen, Eckhart, Swedenborg, and Zhuangzi are discussed. Particularly contemporary concerns include the effects of a computerized society, the notion of karma and the position of women, terrorism and the failure of secular modernity, and a Buddhist response to the notion of a clash of civilizations. With his unique mix of Buddhist philosophical insight and passion for social justice, Loy asks us to consider when our awareness, or attention, is bound in delusion and when it is unbound and awakened.
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Myth Broken and Unbroken

1. Awareness Bound and Unbound: On the Nature of Attention

2. Language Against Its Own Mystifications: Deconstruction in Nagarjuna and Dogen

3. Dead Words, Living Words, Healing Words: The Disseminations of Dogen and Eckhart

4. Zhuangzi and Nagarjuna on the Truth of No Truth

5. CyberBabel

6. Dying to the Self that Never Was

7. The Dharma of Emanuel Swedenborg

8. The Karma of Women

9. The West Against the Rest? A Buddhist Response to The Clash of Civilizations

10. Terrorism as Religion: On the Identity Crisis of Secularism

Notes
References
Index

Sujets

• Buddhism
• Comparative religion

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 02 juillet 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781438426969
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Awàreness Bound ànd Unbound

Buddîst Essays

DAVïD R. OY

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oy, Dàvîd, 1947–  Awàreness bound ànd unbound : Buddîs essàys / Dàvîd oy.  p. c.  ïncudes bîbîogràpîcà reerences ànd îndex.  ïSBN 978-1-4384-2679-2 (àrdcover : àk. pàper)  ïSBN 978-1-4384-2680-8 (pbk. : àk. pàper)  1. Buddîs—Docrînes. ï. Tîe.  BQ4165.68 2009  294.3'42—dc22 2008050507

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Awàreness Bound ànd Unbound: On e Nàure o Aenîon

ànguàge Agàîns ïs Own Mysîicàîons: Deconsrucîon în Nàgàrjunà ànd Dogen

Deàd Words, îvîng Words, ànd Heàîng Words: he Dîsseînàîons o Dogen ànd Eckàr

Zuàngzî ànd Nàgàrjunà on e Tru o No Tru

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Dyîng o e Se à Never Wàs

he Dàrà o Eànue Swedenborg

he Kàrà o Woen

he Wes Agàîns e Res? A Buddîs Response ohe Cas o Cîvîîzatîons

Terrorîs às Reîgîon: he ïdenîy Crîsîs o Secuàrîs

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Eàrîer versîons o ese essàys àve been pubîsed prevîousy. Perîssîon ro e oowîng journàs ànd pubîsers o reprîn îs àerîà îs gràe- uy àcknowedged. “Awàreness Bound & Unbound: On e Nàure o Aenîon,”Pîosopy East and West58, no. 1 (Aprî 2008): 223–243. “ànguàge Agàîns ïs Own Mysîicàîons: Deconsrucîon în Nàgàrjunà ànd Dogen,”Pîosopy East and West49, no. 3 (Juy 1999): 245–260. “Deàd Words, îvîng Words, Heàîng Words: he Dîsseînàîons o Dogen ànd Eckàr,”Heaîng Deconstructîon: Postmodern hougt în Buddîsm and Crîstîanîty, ed. Dàvîd oy (Aànà: Scoàrs Press, 1996). “Zuàngzî ànd Nàgàrjunà on e Tru o No Tru,” înEssays on Skep- tîcîsm, Reatîvîsm, and Etîcs în te “Zuangzî,” ed. Pàu Kjeberg ànd Pîîp J. ïvànoe (Abàny: Sàe Unîversîy o New York Press, 1996). “CyberBàbe,”Etîcs and ïnormatîon Tecnoogy 10, no. 2 (2008): 251–258. “A Zen Coud? Copàrîng Zen Koàn Pràcîce wîhe Coud o Unknowîng,”Buddîst-Crîstîan Studîes(1990): 43–60. 9 “he Dàrà o Eànue Swedenborg: A Buddîs Perspecîve,”Arcana 2, no. 1 (Auun 1995): 5–31. Reprîned às e àterword o D. T. Suzukî, Swedenborg: Budda o te Nort (Wes Ceser, PA: Swedenborg Foundà- îon, 1996). “he Kàrà o Woen” înhe Reîgîous Roots o Vîoence Agaînst Women, ed.Judî Pàskow ànd Màrvîn Eîson (Ceveànd: Pîgrî Press, 2007). “he Wes Agàîns e Res? A Buddîs Perspecîve on Hunîngon,” Conrontîng Tecnoogy, Gobaîzatîon, and War: Caengîng te Gods o te Twenty-irst Century, ed. Dàvîd Hàwkîn ànd Mîcàe Hàdey (Abàny: Sàe Unîversîy o New York Press, 2004). “Terror în e God-Sàped Hoe: A Buddîs Perspecîve on Moder- nîy’s ïdenîy Crîsîs,”Journa o Transpersona Psycoogy 36, no. 2 (2004): 179–201. ïn àddîîon o ose àcknowedged în e noes, ï à gràeu o SUNY Press edîors Nàncy Eegàe, Aîson ee, Dîàne Gànees, ànd especîày Wyà Benner or à eîr àssîsànce.

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