Evil and/or/as the Good : : Omnicentrism, Intersubjectivity, and Value Paradox in Tian¬tai Buddhist Thought / / Brook Ziporyn.
"Other than the devil, there is no Buddha; other than the Buddha, there is no devil." The Chinese monk Siming Zhili (960-1028) uttered this remark as part of his justification for his self-immolation. An exposition of the intent, implications, and resonances of this one sentence, this book...
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| Superior document: | Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 51 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2000. Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2000. |
| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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| Other title: | Omnicentrism, Intersubjectivity, and Value Paradox in Tian¬tai Buddhist Thought |
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| Summary: | "Other than the devil, there is no Buddha; other than the Buddha, there is no devil." The Chinese monk Siming Zhili (960-1028) uttered this remark as part of his justification for his self-immolation. An exposition of the intent, implications, and resonances of this one sentence, this book expands and unravels the context in which the seeming paradox of the ultimate identity of good and evil is to be understood. In analyzing this idea, Brook Ziporyn provides an overview of the development of Tiantai thought from the fifth through the eleventh centuries in China and contributes to our understanding of Chinese intellectual culture and Chinese Buddhism, as well as to basic ontological, epistemological, and axiological issues of interest in modern philosophy. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1684170346 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Brook Ziporyn. |