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What the Ancestors Knew
Joanne P. Miller
其他書名
Reclaiming Faith in Western Zen Practice
出版Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2023-11-30
主題Religion / Buddhism / Rituals & PracticeReligion / Faith
ISBN16667847299781666784725
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Re7nEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This book is intended to engender debate. Its subject, faith in a modern Buddhist context, almost always carries with it the widespread but erroneous assumption that it is completely unimportant to the Buddhist path. Without really knowing what it is and how it differs from theistic versions, faith has been given a bad name. Moreover, naivety regarding the colonial orientalist agenda and bias of early Zen exegetes in the West has allowed modern Zennists to accept, almost unquestioningly, the view that faith and knowledge occupy opposite ends of the practice spectrum. As a result, trusted and authentic sources of authority, Zen ancestors and sutras, have often been prevented from speaking about a doctrinally sound and legitimate tool of realization mentioned in a stunningly large amount of sutras. It has also resulted in an erroneous and often condescending view of “faith schools” of Buddhism. Now is the perfect time in Zen’s journey in the West to reassess and address these shortcomings.