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There are three types of Ch’an kung-an that often bewilder Buddhologists; namely, (1) the contradictory, (2) the inexpressible, and (3) mixture of the two. D. T. Suzuki and the scholars influenced by him, for example, E. Fromm, think that these three types of kung-an imply the truth realized by Ch’an masters, the truth which goes beyond daily language and logic. However, as the author points out, there are two traditions in Ch’an School: (1) the >Buddha-nature< tradition based on the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, and (2) the prajna tradition based on the Diamond Sūtra. Suzuki and Fromm’s interpretation only emphasizes the first tradition and ignores the second one. According to the second tradition, the contradiction and inexpressibility of kung-an may seem to indicate the truth of non-existence-śūnyatā, not necessarily indicating the truly existing >Buddha-nature<.
Über den Ungehorsam (2)
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Über den Ungehorsam (1)
(1986)
Ökologische Zielvorstellungen für das 21. Jahrhundert – Wirtschaft, Technik, Politik, Bewußtsein
(1986)
Yü Gung versetzt Berge
(1986)
Wozu noch Philosophie?
(1986)
Wozu Meditation?
(1986)
Wie ich die Welt sehe
(1986)
Wasser auf unsere Mühle
(1986)
Was will der Pragmatismus?
(1986)
Was heißt Pragmatismus?
(1986)
Warnigs Wirken
(1986)
Wahrheit und Nicht-Gewalt
(1986)
Vorwort
(1986)
Vorwort
(1986)
Von der Kunst des Liebens
(1986)
In an examination of the experience and feeling, magical and scientific functions, and ritual aspects of religion, Sigmund Freud's and Erich FROMM's analyses of religion as an illusion, and as symptom of alienation, respectively, are considered and questioned. Religiosity is an inherent part of human nature, as stated by Viktor Frankl, and should be studied as one of the most deep-seated needs of the human psyche.