Buddhist Sūtras in Dōgen’s Shōbōgenzō

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_7059
dc.contributor.author	Tollini Aldo
dc.title	Buddhist Sūtras in Dōgen’s Shōbōgenzō. Intertextuality and Re-Interpretation
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	The essay deals with intertextuality in the field of religious studies and specifically with the quotation and re-interpretation of authoritative sources of Buddhist sacred texts (or sūtras) in the Shōbōgenzō written by the Japanese Zen master Dōgen in the thirteenth century. In particular, the purpose is that of highlighting the fact that Dōgen, through a personal and creative interpretation of excerpts from the sūtras, proposes an innovative vision of Buddhist doctrine. After a general introduction to religious intertextuality, the essay examines Zen master Dogen’s peculiar form of exegesis of sacred texts in order to legitimise his personal vision of Buddhist doctrine. Five concrete examples of manipulative interpretation of quotations from the sūtras are presented in order to concretely show how Dogen does not hesitate to twist the meaning of quotations with great linguistic skill with the aim to promote and legitimise his opinion.
dc.relation.ispartof	Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
dc.relation.ispartof	Arts and Literature
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2022-08-30
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-12-13
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-609-1/buddhist-sutras-in-dogens-shobogenzo/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-608-4/010
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8976
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9395
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-609-1
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-608-4
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Buddhism
dc.subject	Dōgen
dc.subject	Re-interpretation
dc.subject	Sūtras
dc.subject	Zen

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Buddhist Sūtras in Dōgen’s Shōbōgenzō

Intertextuality and Re-Interpretation

Aldo Tollini Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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The essay deals with intertextuality in the field of religious studies and specifically with the quotation and re-interpretation of authoritative sources of Buddhist sacred texts (or sūtras) in the Shōbōgenzō written by the Japanese Zen master Dōgen in the thirteenth century. In particular, the purpose is that of highlighting the fact that Dōgen, through a personal and creative interpretation of excerpts from the sūtras, proposes an innovative vision of Buddhist doctrine. After a general introduction to religious intertextuality, the essay examines Zen master Dogen’s peculiar form of exegesis of sacred texts in order to legitimise his personal vision of Buddhist doctrine. Five concrete examples of manipulative interpretation of quotations from the sūtras are presented in order to concretely show how Dogen does not hesitate to twist the meaning of quotations with great linguistic skill with the aim to promote and legitimise his opinion.

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Aug. 30, 2022

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Dec. 13, 2021

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Keywords: Sūtras • Buddhism • Zen • Dōgen • Re-interpretation

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