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| Heine, Steven |
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| A Blade of Grass |
| Japanese Poetry and Aesthetics in Dôgen Zen |
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Asian Thought and Culture  Vol. 1 |
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| Year of Publication: 1989 |
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| New York, Bern, Frankfurt/M., Paris, 1988. XII, 171 pp. |
| ISBN 978-0-8204-0627-5 / US-ISBN 978-0-8204-0627-5 hardback |
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| Book synopsis |
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| This work provides the first complete annotated translation of Dôgen's collected Japanese poetry (waka) along with an analysis of the role of aesthetics in Dôgen's philosophical writings in light of medieval Japanese literature. It argues that Dôgen's approach to Buddhist thought is not characterized by a clear-cut and one-sided rejection of aesthetics. Rather, Dôgen's standpoint is based on a fundamental paradoxicality encompassing the interplay of religion and literature, didacticism and lyricism, and absolute and relative expressing a contemplative view of nature and impermanence that is compatible with traditional Japanese religio-aesthetics. This work also critically assesses recent Japanese scholarship on Dôgen's poetry in cultural history and textual studies, and examines the medieval and modern history of the waka collection text and commentaries. |
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| Contents: The first complete annotated translation of Dogen's waka collection, with an examination of the history of the text and commentaries and an analysis of the role of aesthetics in Dogen's approach to Zen Buddhist theory and practice. |
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| Reviews |
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«Heine's scholarly examination of the difficult matter of aesthetics and Zen covers a great deal of ground in considerable detail.» (David Pollack, The Journal of Asian Studies)
«(T)his pioneering though condensed study by a specialist well-acquainted both with Soto Zen and with traditional Japanese aesthetics should be applauded by students in all fields of Japanese culture, literature, and religion. At the same time it provides new perspectives for Dogen studies as well.» (Alexander M. Kabanoff, Journal of Japanese Studies)
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