TY - BOOK AU - Stepien,Rafal K. TI - Buddhist literature as philosophy, Buddhist philosophy as literature /edited by Rafal K. Stepien SN - 9781438480725 AV - BQ1020 .B833 2020 PY - 2020/// CY - Albany PB - State University of New York Press KW - Buddhism KW - Philosophy KW - Buddhist literature KW - History and criticism KW - Electronic Books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; 2; Intro --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; A Note on Languages --; Introduction: Philosophy, Literature, Religion: Buddhism as Transdisciplinary Intervention --; Buddhist Literature as Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy as Literature --; Philosophy, Literature, Religion --; Buddhist Philosophy, Buddhist Literature --; Philosophy, Literature, Religion: Buddhism as Transdisciplinary Intervention --; Notes --; Works Cited --; Part I: Buddhist Literature as Philosophy --; Chapter 1 Transformative Vision: Coming to See the Buddha's Reality --; The Bodhisattva in Philosophical Debate --; Against Extraction; Learning an Orientation and Outlook --; The Limits of the Laboratory, the Authority of the Buddha --; Transformation through Narrations of Reality --; Notes --; Abbreviations --; Works Cited --; Chapter 2 Jātakas and the Abhidhamma: Practical Compassion and Kusala Citta --; The Javanahaṃsa jātaka (J 476) --; The Skillful Citta (Kusala Citta) --; The Kurudhamma jātaka (J 276) --; Mahosadha jātaka (J 546) --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Abbreviations --; Works Cited --; Chapter 3 Panegyric as Philosophy: Philosophical Dimensions of Indian Buddhist Hymns --; Authorship --; Audience --; Assignee --; Accolades and Actions; Conclusion --; Notes --; Works Cited --; Chapter 4 Of Doctors, Poets, and the Minds of Men: Aesthetics and Wisdom in Aśvaghoṣa's Beautiful Nanda --; The Breaking-in of Nanda --; Taking Flight --; The Talking Cure --; One Body, Many Worlds --; Poetic Argument --; Concluding Thoughts --; Notes --; Works Cited --; Chapter 5 Buddhist Literary Criticism in East Asian Literature --; Tale of Genji and the Religious Function of Literature --; Dream of the Red Chamber and the Truth of Fiction --; The Silence of the Beloved and the Art of Life --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Works Cited; Chapter 6 The Green Bamboo Is the Dharmakāya: Waka Poetry and the Buddhist Imagination in Heian Japan --; The Buddhist Imagination in Heian Japan --; The Ritual Embedding of Waka Poetry: The Kangaku-e --; The Contemplative Disembedding of Waka Poetry: Kiyosuke and Shunzei --; The Philosophical Grounds for and Poetic Products of Contemplative Disembedding: Jakuzen's Hōmon hyakushu --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Works Cited --; Part II Buddhist Philosophy as Literature --; Chapter 7 The Scandal of the Speaking Buddha: Performative Utterance and the Erotics of the Dharma --; The Progenitorial Body of the Buddha; Bodies and/as Speech Acts --; Skill in Means as Verbal Insemination --; The Erotics of the Dharma and the Production of Bodies --; Conclusion: The Scandals of Speech, Ancient and Modern --; Notes --; Abbreviations --; Works Cited --; Chapter 8 The Original Mind Is the Literary Mind, the Original Body Carves Dragons --; The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons --; The Literary Mind --; Literature and Mind --; (Buddhist) Literature and Philosophy --; Notes --; Works Cited --; Chapter 9 On Resolving Disputes between Literary (Wenzi) and Nonliterary (Wuzi) Approaches to Expressing Zen Buddhist Philosophy; 2; b UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2499854&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -