The experience of knowing : illusion and illumination in the Zhuangzi and the Platform Sūtra
cIRcle (University of British Columbia) 2010 Wayne Gary Kreger
This paper aims to compare and contrast the concepts of “delusion” and “knowledge” as found in the Inner Chapters of the Zhuangzi and the Platform Sūtra. Employed in this analysis is the methodology of conceptual metaphor analysis, a method that identifies the source domain for metaphors employed in the dissemination of both doctrine and mystical experience. By acknowledging their metaphorical...