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| Zen in Distress: Theorizing Gender Dysphoria and Traumatic Remembrance within Sōtō Zen Meditation | ||
| 作者 | Buckner, Ray (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Religions |
| 卷期 | v.11 n.11 |
| 出版日期 | 2020.11 |
| 出版者 | MDIP |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.mdpi.com/ |
| 出版地 | Basel, Switzerland [巴塞爾, 瑞士] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | This article belongs to the Special Issue Buddhism and the Body |
| 關鍵詞 | American Buddhism; gender dysphoria; trauma; Suzuki Roshi; Sōtō Zen; gender and sexuality; transgender; meditation; shenpa |
| 摘要 | Gender dysphoria is considered a pronounced experience of distress in the bodies and minds of some transgender people. Examining the text Zen Mind, Beginners Mind by Shunryū Suzuki, I analyze some of the difficulties that may arise for transgender practitioners experiencing acutely strong gender dysphoria within the Sōtō Zen meditation experience. I seek to understand how physical and psychological gender distress may make concentration, and thereby realization, challenging and potentially harmful within a context of Sōtō Zen meditation. I consider how meditation can exacerbate the panic and traumatic remembrance of the body and mind, leading both to embodied struggles, as well as undoubtedly philosophical ones too. This paper theorizes gender dysphoria to exist beyond a state of unitary “distress” to include trauma. I put forward an understanding of gender dysphoria that is grounded in traumatic, gendered remembrances—what I call “sustained traumas.” Within the meditation experience, I argue trans, gender dysphoric people may experience heightened disconnect, separation, and deepening into their solid and suffering “self” rather than open to the fundamental nature of emptiness, non-duality, and an empty and move-able core. Ultimately, I argue meditation may lead to a deepening of traumatic remembrance, posing potential corporeal and philosophical problematics for gender dysphoric practitioners within Sōtō Zen meditation. |
| 目次 | 1. Introduction 2. Gender Dysphoria and Mental Health 3. Re-Conceptualizing “Dysphoria” and Its Relationship to Trauma 4. Zen in Gender Distress 5. Conclusions |
| ISSN | 20771444 (E) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11110582 |
| 點閱次數 | 42 |
| 建檔日期 | 2021.11.15 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.06.19 |
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