Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThose who take the journey with Ziporyn will find a rich and rewarding work, not simply due to the mind-boggling Tiantai doctrine, but also because of Ziporyn's respect for the tradition and his extraordinary finesse in presenting its demanding ideas.
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Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Just Here Is the End of Suffering: Letting Suffering Be in Early Buddhism
2. Rafts and Arrows: The Two Truths in Pre-Tiantai Buddhism
3. Neither Thus Nor Otherwise: Mahāyāna Approaches to Emptiness
4. Buddha-nature and Original Enlightenment
5. How to Not Know What You're Doing: Introduction to the Lotus Sūtra
6. The New Middle Way: Highlights of the Lotus Sūtra in Tiantai Context
7. The Interpervasion of All Points of View: From the Lotus Sūtra to Tiantai
8. Tiantai: The Multiverse as You
9. Experiencing Tiantai: Experiments with Tiantai Practice
10. Tiantai Ethics and the Worst Case Scenario
Epilogue: So Far and Yet So Close
Notes
Bibliography and Suggested Reading
Index
