Mike and Bill,
Further in my reading of Kim's book. The encounter (experience as Bill says)
with impermanence and emptiness of form is, or appears to be the so-called
`mystical' realization for Dogen. There are glimpses of it early for Dogen,
like his mother's funeral, seeing the incense rise in the air.
Now, outside of the book, perhaps emptiness is the preferable word we could use
here, since it figures greatly in Chan, Rinzai, as well as Soto Zen.
There is no usage are exact equivalent word `mystical' in Zen Buddhism. Form is
emptiness and emptiness is exactly form is perhaps the best?
Kim's biography is a romantic portrayal of a seminal figure who he believes
needs to be known more in the West. Also, Dogen has become important to post
modern philosophers as well, through the Kyoto School.
Comments
/\
zendervish
------------------------------------
Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are
reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[email protected]
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
