As a religion concerned with eternal salvation, Zen is based on and grew out of a Buddhist worldview very different from the currently prevalent scientific materialism. Leighton explicates this worldview through the writings of the Zen master Eihei Dogen (1200-1253), considered the founder of the Japanese Soto Zen tradition, which is now spreading in many places in the West. Broader awareness of Dogen's worldview and its implications, says Leighton, is helpful for a
modern understanding of Zen and Mahayana praxis, and is relevant to contemporary environmental and ethical concerns.
- ISBN10 019532093X
- ISBN13 9780195320930
- Publish Date 17 May 2007 (first published 1 January 2007)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 208
- Language English