What the Ancestors Knew

What the Ancestors Knew
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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages : 161
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ISBN-10 : 9781666784725
ISBN-13 : 1666784729
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Book Synopsis What the Ancestors Knew by : Joanne P. Miller

Download or read book What the Ancestors Knew written by Joanne P. Miller and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended to engender debate. Its subject, faith in a modern Buddhist context, almost always carries with it the widespread but erroneous assumption that it is completely unimportant to the Buddhist path. Without really knowing what it is and how it differs from theistic versions, faith has been given a bad name. Moreover, naivety regarding the colonial orientalist agenda and bias of early Zen exegetes in the West has allowed modern Zennists to accept, almost unquestioningly, the view that faith and knowledge occupy opposite ends of the practice spectrum. As a result, trusted and authentic sources of authority, Zen ancestors and sutras, have often been prevented from speaking about a doctrinally sound and legitimate tool of realization mentioned in a stunningly large amount of sutras. It has also resulted in an erroneous and often condescending view of “faith schools” of Buddhism. Now is the perfect time in Zen’s journey in the West to reassess and address these shortcomings.


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