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| The Experience of Emptiness in the Process of Self-transformation in Zen Buddhism, Christianity and Depth Psychology as Represented by Dogen Kigen, Thomas Merton and Carl Jung, with Donald Winnicott and Heinz Kohut | ||
| 作者 | Gunn, Robert Walker (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| 卷期 | v.58 n.5 Section A |
| 出版日期 | 1997 |
| 出版者 | ProQuest LLC |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.proquest.com/ |
| 出版地 | Ann Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 博士 |
| 校院名稱 | Union Theological Seminary |
| 系所名稱 | Psychiatry and Religion |
| 指導教授 | Ulanov, Ann Belford |
| 畢業年度 | 1996 |
| 附註項 | 428p |
| 關鍵詞 | Developmental Psychology; Theology; General Religion |
| 摘要 | This is a comparative study of the experience of emptiness in the process of self-transformation according to Zen Buddhism, Christianity, and depth psychology. The writers chosen to focus on this theme are Dogen in Zen Buddhism, Thomas Merton in Christianity, and Carl Jung, with some additional consideration of Donald Winnicott and Heinz Kohut, in depth psychology. The thesis of the dissertation is that, in each of these traditions, the experience of emptiness is a necessary stage in the process of self-transformation. The meaning of emptiness, as well as the understanding of the process and goal of self-transformation, are different for each of the traditions studied here. In very broad terms, the biographical experience of emptiness as some form of loss or wounding can lead to an experience of the emptiness of self and all things, which leads to transformation of the self and an experience of the underlying unity of life, including death. All three traditions agree that by confronting and working with experiences of emptiness, a person undergoes a fundamental change in the direction of becoming more real, more truly oneself, including a heightened sense of what one has uniquely to offer to the human community. All three traditions also agree that attempts to bypass experiences of emptiness ultimately compound suffering, creating confusion and illusion, while attempts to accept and work with the experience of emptiness lead to an enriched appreciation of life. In Chapter One, the experience of emptiness as understood in Buddhism is explored, first in the life and teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha, Nagarjuna and Bodhidharma, then in greater depth in the life and teachings of Zen master Dogen. In Chapter Two, the life and writings of Thomas Merlon are explored, focussing on his experiences of emptiness throughout his life, and the constant theme of emptiness in all of his writings. In Chapter Three, the experiences of emptiness are traced in the life and writings of Carl Jung in his development of the school of depth psychology known as Analytical Psychology. In Chapter Four, the three major writers are brought together with a few other people--including Heinz Kohut, Donald Winnicott and this author, for a Conversation at the Round Table. An actual conversation is imagined taking place among them to refine and extend the meanings of the experiences of emptiness as they relate to transformation of the self. Similarities and differences among the three traditions are noted. |
| ISBN | 9780591435719; 0591435713 |
| 點閱次數 | 535 |
| 建檔日期 | 2000.02.01 |
| 更新日期 | 2022.03.31 |
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