Emptiness and Omnipresence: An Essential Introduction to Tiantai Buddhism
Brook A. Ziporyn
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Description for Emptiness and Omnipresence: An Essential Introduction to Tiantai Buddhism
Hardback. Series: World Philosophies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 b&w illus., 1 table. BIC Classification: HPDF; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
World Philosophies
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253021083
SKU
V9780253021083
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About Brook A. Ziporyn
Brook A. Ziporyn is Professor of Chinese Religion, Philosophy, and Comparative Thought at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago.
Reviews for Emptiness and Omnipresence: An Essential Introduction to Tiantai Buddhism
Those who take the journey with Ziporyn will find a rich and rewarding work, not simply due to the mind-boggling Tiantai doctrine, but also because of Ziporyn's respect for the tradition and his extraordinary finesse in presenting its demanding ideas.
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