Liberating Intimacy: Enlightenment and Social Virtuosity in Ch'an Buddhism
Jul 1996 · State University of New York Press
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Liberating Intimacy dramatically reevaluates the teachings and practice of ChÂan Buddhism. Considering BuddhaÂs insight that everything is empty or absent of a permanent and independent Âself nature, Hershock argues that not only is suffering without any essence and so dependent on time and place, so is end of suffering or enlightenment. He shows that the tradition need not entail a quietistic withdrawal from social life. Far from being something privately attained and experienced, ChÂan enlightenment is best seen as the opening of a virtuosic intimacy through which we are continually liberated from the arrogance of both Âself and Âother. That is, enlightenment in ChÂan must be understood as irreducibly socialÂit can never be merely Âmine or Âyours, but is only realized as Âours. Including new translations from the teachings of Ma-tzu, Pai-chang, Huang-po and Lin-chi, Liberating Intimacy reconciles the almost fierce individualism that characterizes the mastery of ChÂan and its unwavering embrace of the ideal of compassionately saving all beings.
Liberating Intimacy dramatically reevaluates the teachings and practice of ChÂan Buddhism. Considering BuddhaÂs insight that everything is empty or absent of a permanent and independent Âself nature, Hershock argues that not only is suffering without any essence and so dependent on time and ...
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Peter D. Hershock is Project Fellow of the Asian Studies Development Program at the East-West Center.
Peter D. Hershock is Project Fellow of the Asian Studies Development Program at the East-West Center.
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