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Ben Van Overmeire deposited Though Gold Dust Is Valuable, in the Eyes It Causes Cataracts:’ Two Modern Zen Autobiographies in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 9 months, 4 weeks agoIn this article, I examine two recent memoirs of Zen students that speak openly about the aberrant behavior of their teachers. These memoirs are Natalie Goldberg’s The Great Failure (2004) and Shozan Jack Haubner’s Single White Monk (2017). Both of these authors consider the scandals surrounding their teachers as an opportunity for spiritual gro…[Read more]
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Ben Van Overmeire deposited Though Gold Dust Is Valuable, in the Eyes It Causes Cataracts:’ Two Modern Zen Autobiographies in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 9 months, 4 weeks agoIn this article, I examine two recent memoirs of Zen students that speak openly about the aberrant behavior of their teachers. These memoirs are Natalie Goldberg’s The Great Failure (2004) and Shozan Jack Haubner’s Single White Monk (2017). Both of these authors consider the scandals surrounding their teachers as an opportunity for spiritual gro…[Read more]
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Ben Van Overmeire deposited Though Gold Dust Is Valuable, in the Eyes It Causes Cataracts:’ Two Modern Zen Autobiographies on Humanities Commons 9 months, 4 weeks ago
In this article, I examine two recent memoirs of Zen students that speak openly about the aberrant behavior of their teachers. These memoirs are Natalie Goldberg’s The Great Failure (2004) and Shozan Jack Haubner’s Single White Monk (2017). Both of these authors consider the scandals surrounding their teachers as an opportunity for spiritual gro…[Read more]
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Ben Van Overmeire's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 1 year, 6 months ago
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Ben Van Overmeire deposited HARD-BOILED ZEN: JANWILLEM VAN DE WETERING’S THE JAPANESE CORPSE AS BUDDHIST LITERATURE in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 12 months agoThough many studies of contemporary Buddhist literature exist, such studies often limit their purview to canonised, ‘high-brow’ authors. In this article, I read Janwillem van de Wetering’s The Japanese Corpse, a detective novel, for how it portrays Zen Buddhism. I show that The Japanese Corpse portrays Zen as non-dualist and amoral: good and bad a…[Read more]
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Ben Van Overmeire deposited HARD-BOILED ZEN: JANWILLEM VAN DE WETERING’S THE JAPANESE CORPSE AS BUDDHIST LITERATURE in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 4 years, 12 months agoThough many studies of contemporary Buddhist literature exist, such studies often limit their purview to canonised, ‘high-brow’ authors. In this article, I read Janwillem van de Wetering’s The Japanese Corpse, a detective novel, for how it portrays Zen Buddhism. I show that The Japanese Corpse portrays Zen as non-dualist and amoral: good and bad a…[Read more]
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Ben Van Overmeire deposited HARD-BOILED ZEN: JANWILLEM VAN DE WETERING’S THE JAPANESE CORPSE AS BUDDHIST LITERATURE on Humanities Commons 5 years ago
Though many studies of contemporary Buddhist literature exist, such studies often limit their purview to canonised, ‘high-brow’ authors. In this article, I read Janwillem van de Wetering’s The Japanese Corpse, a detective novel, for how it portrays Zen Buddhism. I show that The Japanese Corpse portrays Zen as non-dualist and amoral: good and bad a…[Read more]
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Ben Van Overmeire deposited Debate Prompt Chinese and Japanese Religions on Humanities Commons 5 years ago
Over the course of the semester, we will organize three class debates. Debates between Confucians, Daoists, and Mohists, and, later on, Buddhists, were not uncommon in premodern China, and some of these are documented in the historical record. The purpose of these debates was to show that the religion in question was the best choice for the…[Read more]
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Ben Van Overmeire's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years ago
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