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| Beyond Masters, Monasteries, Koans and Kyosakus: A Heuristic Study of the Experience of American Zen | ||
| 作者 | Mathis, James E. |
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| 出版日期 | 2006 |
| 頁次 | 383 |
| 出版者 | Union Institute and University |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.tui.edu/ |
| 出版地 | Cincinnati, OH, US [辛辛那提, 俄亥俄州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 博碩士論文=Thesis and Dissertation |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 博士 |
| 校院名稱 | Union Institute |
| 指導教授 | Hagens, Bethe |
| 畢業年度 | 2006 |
| 附註項 | Advisor: Hagens, Bethe |
| 關鍵詞 | Zen; Buddhism; Belief systems |
| 摘要 | Using methodology developed by Clark Moustakas (1990), this study presents the essences, experiences and beliefs of ten American Zen practitioners, including the author, explicated as a vision of a uniquely evolving American form of Zen. The American Zen practiced by these "co-researchers" is characterized by an equality of participation by both men and women, by a central focus on zazen or seated meditation, a lack of obsession with the concept of "Buddhist enlightenment," and a focus on personal responsibility that may or may not include a formal relationship as the student of a Zen teacher, but does include a focus on applying the ideas of Zen in everyday life, of developing compassion and acceptance in post-modern America. The findings of the study are presented in the form of eight themes drawn from the expanse of heuristic data collected, developed and refined. These themes along with Zen poems that evolved from the data and examination of co-researcher demographic data are compared with the work of Coleman (2001) to provide a more complete picture of the unique evolving nature of American Zen. Implications of the study suggest that this model of heuristic study could usefully be applied in several diverse regions of America to provide a more in-depth analysis, and that Coleman's quantitative approach could be expanded by means of Buddhist Internet sites to include larger numbers of American Zenists. |
| ISBN | 9780542830198 |
| 點閱次數 | 450 |
| 建檔日期 | 2008.05.13 |
| 更新日期 | 2016.02.16 |
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