In this Book
- Emptiness and Omnipresence: An Essential Introduction to Tiantai Buddhism
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: Indiana University Press
- Series: World Philosophies
summary
Tiantai Buddhism emerged from an idiosyncratic and innovative interpretation of the Lotus Sutra to become one of the most complete, systematic, and influential schools of philosophical thought developed in East Asia. Brook A. Ziporyn puts Tiantai into dialogue with modern philosophical concerns to draw out its implications for ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics. Ziporyn explains Tiantai's unlikely roots, its positions of extreme affirmation and rejection, its religious skepticism and embrace of religious myth, and its view of human consciousness. Ziporyn reveals the profound insights of Tiantai Buddhism while stimulating philosophical reflection on its unexpected effects.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-2
- 8. Tiantai: The Multiverse as You
- pp. 143-177
- Epilogue: So Far and Yet So Close
- pp. 273-286
- Bibliography and Suggested Reading
- pp. 303-308
Additional Information
ISBN
9780253021205
Related ISBN(s)
9780253021083, 9780253021120
MARC Record
OCLC
947084016
Pages
336
Launched on MUSE
2016-05-25
Language
English
Open Access
No