TY - BOOK AU - Abe,Masao AU - LaFleur,William R. TI - Zen and Western thought SN - 0824809521 AV - BQ9268.7 .A34 1985 PY - 1985/// CY - Honolulu PB - University of Hawaii Press KW - Zen Buddhism KW - Doctrines KW - Philosophy, Comparative KW - Buddhism and philosophy N1 - Includes index; Bibliography: p. 276-289; Zen is not a philosophy, but-- -- 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 ER -