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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Zen Buddhism."”.
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Paradox East and West: some parallels between Zen Buddhism and western philosophy.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Humanities. Thesis. 1973. B.S.
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The Beat Avant-Garde, The 1950's, and the Popularizing of Zen Buddhism in the United States
Connections between Zen and writers associated with the Beat movement have been evident to critics and public alike ever since Jack Kerouac's publication of The Dharma Bums in 1958. This synergy between the two would be continuous over the remainder of the 1950's, one almost seeming to imply or be …
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The use of the principles and practice of Zen Buddhism and Korean dance to create a new choreographic style for contemporary classical ballet works
… (Kang Kang Sulrea) informed by practices of Zen Buddhism and Korean dance. This choreography demonstrates my personal interpretation of various aspects of style and practice that have arisen through this research. Meditation was studied as a means to inspire creativity and was then shared …
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Medieval Japanese Zen: Catalyst for Symbol System Formation
… identified and traced within cultures. Analyzing Zen Buddhism from this perspective as it flourished in twelfth century Japan is particularly interesting in light of the rapid proliferation of new symbol systems emerging in its wake. These included symbolic acts such as tea ceremony, Sumi-e …
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Singing Nature, Dancing Buddha: Zen, Language, and the Groundlessness of Silence
This thesis presents Zen experience as aesthetic in nature. This is done through an analysis of language, a central concern for Zen Buddhism. The thesis develops two modes of language at work in Zen: representational and indexical. What these modes of language entail, the kind of relations that are …
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right mind-minding: the practice and transmission of Zen and Tantric Buddhist method practices in the poemobjects of Dom Sylvester Houédard, 1960-1975
… in particular Tibetan Vajrayana Tantric Buddhism and its associated performance rituals. Research to date has primarily focused on the influence of Zen Buddhism on the post-war American avant-garde, and although there is an emerging body of research addressing the influence of Tibetan …
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Mud and Ashes.
… of Sung Dynasty Chinese landscape painting, Zen Buddhism, aboriginal art, nature, myth and ritual; the influences of artists Montien Boonma, Paul Cezanne, Jim Dine, Andy Goldsworthy, Morris Graves, Brice Marden, Georgio Morandi, Kiki Smith, Mark Tobey, and Cy Twombly; and the influences of …
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A study of the Quintet for Piano and Strings by Richard Danielpour
… metaphysics and non-Western culture, especially Zen Buddhism, are also reflected in his compositions. This study examines Danielpour’s Quintet for Piano and Strings, written in 1988. The work consists of three movements with the descriptive titles: “Annunciation,” “Atonement,” and “Apotheosis.” …
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John Dewey and an ecological philosophy of religion
… to the self-cultivation doctrines of Daoism and Zen Buddhism, highlighting rich connections between Dewey and Eastern thought; all of these thinkers and schools of thought share Dewey’s overriding concern to restore continuity between facts and values, between knowledge and action, between nature …
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IAIN BAXTER& and N.E. THING CO.: A Study in Pop-Inflected Conceptual Art
… approach. By presenting BAXTER&‘s key influences—Zen Buddhism, as described by D.T. Suzuki and Alan Watts, and the communications theory of Marshall McLuhan—this study describes five underlying principles that inform BAXTER&‘s work individually and in unison. These principles are: his preference …
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Dwelling in Contingency: Towards a Reappraisal of the Late Work of the British Photographer Raymond Moore, in Light of its Affinities with a Zen Buddhist Worldview
… late work. Moore's well-documented interest in Zen Buddhism provides a point or reference, as do the Hua Yen vision of radical interdependence, ideas connected to Systems Theory and Constructivism, the project of 'Deep Ecology', and Jullien's notion of 'Blandness'. The concluding chapter also …
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Yoga practice in 21st century Britain: The lived experience of yoga practitioners
… model and The Ten Oxherding Pictures of Zen Buddhism. Lastly, the value of yoga for public health was explored using the anthropological idea of dis-ease. This study found that yoga’s therapeutic usefulness mainly came from ‘empowerment’, providing practitioners with yoga skills to take …
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The mind of the everyday in contemporary fine art and Zen Buddhist practice
… the relationship between Western art and Zen. Among these views, an Eastern perspective is lacking, particularly in relation to Zen Buddhist practice of the everyday. The aim of this research is to make a comparative study of the mind of the everyday in contemporary fine art and Zen …
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An experimental study of three aids in the teaching of drawing
… mentioned in the Kena-Upanishad (D. T. Suzuki, Zen Buddhism, 1956). More specifically, the research was directed toward four major objectives:1. the use and evaluation of a particular application of the drawing aids, along with a comparison of the effectiveness of the aids in teaching …
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Western Historical Gardens and Chinese Influences--From Great Britain to Picturesque Royal garden in Piedmont
… poet. The philosophy of Confucianism, Taoism and Zen Buddhism play an important role and help the Chinese forming the perception in the gardening. It could be easily traced the ideology of Zen Buddhism and Taoism in each garden, such as little pagoda in the lake. The perfect effect on Chinese …