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Zen Buddhism and Hasidism: A Comparative Study »
Authors: Jacob Teshima
ISBN-13: 9780761800033, ISBN-10: 0761800034
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University Press of America
Date Published: August 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Jacob Teshima
Book Synopsis
n this work Jacob Yuroh Teshima juxtaposes two religions whose origins are completely different: Zen Buddhism and Hasidic Judaism. The purpose of this comparative study is not to determine which religion is superior, but rather to compare their functional equivalents.
Nathan Katz - Shofar
"Teshima has not only continued the growing dialogue between Buddhism and Judaism, but has carried it to a new level of sophistication."
Table of Contents
| Foreword | ||
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| 1 | Introduction to Zen Buddhism and Hasidism | 1 |
| 2 | Zazen and Devequth | 13 |
| 3 | The Problem of "Strange Thoughts" | 57 |
| 4 | Annihilating Selfhood and Attaining Ecstasy | 79 |
| 5 | The Concept of Man | 107 |
| 6 | Insecurity of Life: The hasidic Approach to Exile and the Zen Approach to Birth and Death | 141 |
| Bibliography | 169 | |
| Index | 177 | |
| Profiles | 189 |
Subjects
Christianity
Buddhism Buddhism - Comparative Studies
Christianity Buddhism Zen Buddhism
Christianity Comparative Religion Buddhism - Comparative Studies
Christianity Judaism & Judaica Movements & Sects - Judaism
Christianity All Religion Buddhism
Christianity All Religion General & Miscellaneous Religion
Judaism & Judaica Movements & Sects - Judaism Hasidism
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Religion Books Buddhism Zen Buddhism
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