Advaita Vedanta and Zen Buddhism
Subtitle: deconstructive modes of spiritual inquiry
By: Leesa S. Davis.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826420688
Subjects: Advaita; Vedanta; Zen Buddhism; Deconstruction
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Experiential deconstructive inquiry; title: Foundational philosophies and spiritual methods; title: Non-duality in Advaita Vedanta and Zen Buddhism; title: Ontological differences and non-duality; title: Meditative inquiry, questioning, and dialoguing as a means to spiritual insight; title: The undoing or deconstruction of dualistic conceptions; title: Advaita Vedanta : philosophical foundations and deconstructive strategies; title: Sources of the tradition; title: Upaniads that art thou (Tat Tvam Asi); title: Gauapda (c.7th century) : no bondage, no liberation; title: Aakara (c.7th-8th century) : there is no apprehender different from this apprehension to apprehend it; title: Modern and contemporary masters; title: Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) : who am I?; title: H.W.L Poonja (1910-1997) : you have to do nothing to be who you are!; title: Gangaji (b. 1942) : you are that!; title: Advaita Vedanta summary : nothing ever happens; title: Zen Buddhism : philosophical foundations and deconstructive strategies; title: Sources of the tradition; title: The Lakvatra Sutra and the Vajracchedik Prajñpramit Sutra all things ... are not independent of each other and not two; title: Ngrjuna (c.113-213) : Sasra is Nirva; title: Eihei Dgen (1200-1253) : if I am already enlightened, why must I practice; title: Contemporary masters; title: Ekai Korematsu (b. 1948) : return to the spine; title: Hgen Yamahata (b. 1935) : why not now; title: Zen Buddhism summary : neither being nor non-being is to be taken hold of; title: Deconstructive techniques and dynamics of experiential undoing; title: Deconstructive techniques common to both traditions; title: The teacher-student dynamic; title: Key deconstructive techniques; title: Unfindability analysis; title: Bringing everything back to the here and now; title: Paradoxical problems; title: Negation; title: Dynamics of experiential undoing; title: Non-dual experiential space; title: Experiential mapping : practitioners in the space; title: Experiential undoing in Advaita Vedanta; title: Experiential undoing in Zen Buddhism; title: Conclusion: Deconstruction of reified awareness.