A espiritualidade zen budista (Zen Buddhist Spirituality) - DOI: 10.5752/P.2175-5841.2012v10n27p704
Faustino Teixeira
October 1, 2012 DOI: 10.5752/p.2175-5841.2012v10n27p704 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
|---|---|
| Topics | Buddhism |
| Key points | Argues that Zen Buddhist spirituality, as reflected in the thought of Eihei Dogen Zenji, is distinctive in its adherence to everyday reality, with Dogen's search for the Dharma and attention to the small signs of daily life serving as the central expression of this spirituality. |
Abstract
The comparative study of mysticism and inter-religious spirituality has gained more space in universities and research centers that radiate everywhere. They are also research involving Eastern religions, in its peculiar mystical trait. Also in the context of Buddhism one can talk on spirituality, understood as a search path of liberation. This article presents the theme of Zen Buddhist spirituality based on the reflection of Eihei Dogen Zenji (1200 – 1253), one of the most important and prominent teachers of the Soto Zen Tradition. This text aims to show the richness of spirituality and its peculiarity concerning the everyday reality. To promote understanding of the central question presented, the theme of spirituality was situated within the historical context of the birth of Zen Buddhism and the insertion of the presence of Dogen in its field of action. The theme of Zen spirituality was becoming evident in the approach to the problem of search of the Dharma in Dogen and his attention to small signs of everyday life. Keywords: Spirituality. Buddhism. Zen. Daily life. Religions. Resumo Os estudos de mistica comparada e de espiritualidade interreligiosa vao ganhando espaco cada vez mais singular nas universidades e nucleos de pesquisa que se irradiam por toda parte. Sao pesquisas que envolvem tambem as religioes orientais, em seu traco mistico peculiar. Tambem no âmbito do budismo pode-se falar em espiritualidade, entendida como um caminho de busca da libertacao. Esse artigo visa apresentar o tema da espiritualidade zen budista, com base na reflexao de Eihei Dogen Zenji (1200-1253), um dos mais importantes e destacados mestres da tradicao Soto Zen. O objetivo e mostrar a riqueza dessa espiritualidade e sua peculiaridade de adesao a realidade cotidiana. Para favorecer a compreensao da questao central apresentada, visou-se situar a tematica no âmbito do contexto historico do nascimento do zen budismo e da insercao da presenca de Dogen em seu campo de acao. A tematica da espiritualidade zen foi se evidenciando na abordagem da problematica da busca do Dharma em Dogen e de sua atencao aos pequenos sinais do cotidiano. Palavras-Chave : Espiritualidade. Budismo. Zen. Cotidiano. Religioes.
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