Zen and Western thought
by Masao Abe; William R. LaFleur.
Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 1985.
Contents: Zen is not a philosophy, but–
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Dōgen on Buddha-nature —
True person and compassion : D. T. Suzuki’s appreciation of Lin-chi and Chao-chou —
Zen and Western thought —
Non-being and mu : the metaphysical nature of negativity in the East and the West —
Zen and Nietzsche —
Mahayana Buddhism and Whitehead —
Tillich from a Buddhist point of view —
Self-awakening and faith : Zen and Christianity —
Buddhist nirvana : its significance in contemporary thought and life —
The idea of purity in Mahayana Buddhism —
Emptiness is suchness —
Religion challenged by modern thought —
Religion and science in the global age : their essential character and mutual relationship —
Sovereignty rests with mankind —
The end of world religion.

