Zen and Western Thought

absolute Nothingness Accordingly actual entities affirmation anthropocentrism Aristotle attained awakening basic become Buddha Buddha-nature Busshō Chao-chou Christianity and Buddhism concept cosmological D. T. Suzuki death dependent co-origination Dharma dimension Dōgen duality dynamic ego-self emphasizes enlightenment essential ethical ethnic religion everything existential expanse of Self-awakening faith fascicle fundamental grasped historical evil human existence Ibid impermanence individual interdependent Japanese Kant karma Lin-chi living Mahayana Buddhism mankind mappō Masao Abe means mechanistic metaphysical mind moral mountains Nāgārjuna nations nature negation negative Nietzsche nihilism nihilum nirvana no-Buddha-nature no-self non-being objectified occidental one's ontological original overcome Paul Tillich philosophy position practice prajñā principle problem Process Theology pure question radical realization religious salvation samsara second stage self-aware entity sense shitsuu Shōbōgenzō shujō standpoint Subjective Suzuki things thinking Tillich tion traditional transcends transmigration true Emptiness ultimate Reality universe Western thought Whitehead world religion zazen