THESIS
2018
Abstract
Researches and studies on Chan Buddhism (禪宗) are kept being done and discussed in
the academic circle. These studies are conducted according to several dominant approaches of
research. However, most of these approaches involve controversial issues of mysticism,
cultural difference and historical fact, and only a few of them are focusing on the discussion of
the philosophy of Chan Buddhism. In addition, issues of how Chan Buddhism works and how it
can enlighten people nowadays are seldom elucidated, even with the discussion of the
philosophy of Chan Buddhism.
In this research, first, I want to classify on the existing researches of Chan Buddhism. For
these researches, all of them presuppose, in different degree, a kind of “Irrationalistic
character of Enlightenment of Chan Buddh...[
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Researches and studies on Chan Buddhism (禪宗) are kept being done and discussed in
the academic circle. These studies are conducted according to several dominant approaches of
research. However, most of these approaches involve controversial issues of mysticism,
cultural difference and historical fact, and only a few of them are focusing on the discussion of
the philosophy of Chan Buddhism. In addition, issues of how Chan Buddhism works and how it
can enlighten people nowadays are seldom elucidated, even with the discussion of the
philosophy of Chan Buddhism.
In this research, first, I want to classify on the existing researches of Chan Buddhism. For
these researches, all of them presuppose, in different degree, a kind of “Irrationalistic
character of Enlightenment of Chan Buddhism” that assumes the experience of enlightenment
of Enlightenment of Chan Buddhism cannot be explained by daily language. I think the notion
of “Irrationalistic character of Chan Buddhism” hinders people nowadays from understanding
and trying to make use of the wisdom of Chan Buddhism. So, there is a research gap that allows a new kind of interpretation of Chan Buddhism to come into existence.
Second, my thesis tries to introduce new kind of interpretation of Chan Buddhism: Chan
Buddhism as a kind of Philosophical Counseling. Before that, I will introduce what
"Philosophical Counseling" is and how the philosophical counselling can help us to solve the
problems in our (daily) life.
Third, I will show how the new interpretation of Chan Buddhism gives us a reasonable
and practical explanation on how Chan Buddhism works.
Finally, I want to show that this new interpretation of Chan Buddhism aspires to a new
form of philosophical counselling: Philosophical Counseling of Chan Buddhism.
This research aims at providing a new perspective on understanding Chan Buddhism and
trying to bridge the gap between the profound wisdom of Chan Buddhism and the practical
daily usage of it.
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