Buddhist Faith and Sudden EnlightenmentBuddhist Faith and Sudden Enlightenment explains how sudden enlightenment occurs through the awakening of patriarchal faith. This is the non-dual affirmation that one is already Buddha as opposed to the doctrinal, dualistic faith that one can become Buddha. The essence of the presentation is that patriarchal faith forms the basis for sudden enlightenment in Zen meditation. For the practitioner, this book establishes the Zen method of mind-cultivation on a higher level by introducing a new understanding of awakening right faith. Included is extensive material on the history of faith in Buddhism with the main attention devoted to Ch'an (Zen) and Hua-yen. There are also substantial discussions of Buddhist antecedents to these schools and of the Pure Land School. This is the first book in English to examine the central role of faith in Mahayana Buddhism. The author's approach develops from his personal experiences as a son (Zen) monk of the Chogye order, which was heavily influenced by the integration of meditation and scriptural study established by Chinul. |
Contents
The Primacy of Faith in Buddhism | 11 |
Patriarchal Faith and Doctrinal Faith | 19 |
Buddhanature and Patriarchal Faith | 25 |
EssenceFunction Versus SubjectObject Constructions | 35 |
Nonbacksliding Faith and Backsliding Faith | 43 |
The Two Truths and SkillinMeans | 49 |
PRACTICE | 53 |
The Unity of Faith and Enlightenment in Practice | 55 |
ENLIGHTENMENT | 103 |
Sudden Enlightenment and Gradual Practice | 105 |
Faith and Enlightenment in the Huayen Sūtra | 110 |
Khaechim The Experience of Brokenness | 123 |
Revolution of the Basis | 126 |
The Three Gates | 133 |
Conclusion | 137 |
Abbreviations | 145 |
Bodhidkarmas Wall Meditation | 59 |
Questioning Meditation and the Dynamics of Faith | 66 |
Practice in the Treatise on Awakening Mahāyāna Faith | 78 |
Faith and Practice in Pure Land Buddhism | 90 |
Faith as the Practice of Compassion | 96 |
Notes | 147 |
A Glossary of Chinese Characters | 159 |
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