Moon-face Buddha: Moon Imagery and Symbolism in Dōgen’s Writings

KUBOVČÁKOVÁ, Zuzana. Moon-face Buddha: Moon Imagery and Symbolism in Dōgen’s Writings. In Annual Conference on Asian Studies. 2021.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: Moon-face Buddha: Moon Imagery and Symbolism in Dōgen’s Writings
• Autoři: KUBOVČÁKOVÁ, Zuzana.
• Vydání: Annual Conference on Asian Studies, 2021.

Další údaje

• Originální jazyk: angličtina
• Typ výsledku: Prezentace na konferencích
• Obor: 60206 Specific literatures
• Stát vydavatele: Česká republika
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• WWW: Stránka konference
• Organizační jednotka: Filozofická fakulta
• Klíčová slova česky: Dógen; Pokladnice oka pravé dharmy; japonské básne waka; zen; mesiac
• Klíčová slova anglicky: Dogen; Treasury of the True Dharma Eye; Japanese waka poems; moon; symbolism; imagery; Zen
• Příznaky: Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Anotace

In this paper, my aim is to address the imagery and symbolism behind expressions in the works of the founder of the Japanese Sōtō school, the Zen master Dōgen 道元 (1200—1253), with an emphasis on the image of the moon, tsuki 月. Dōgen often makes poetic references to the natural world and its symbolism, among his most favourite are, for instance, the four seasons, flowers, rain, wind, and breeze, mountains, streams, and valleys, as well as animals such as horses, donkeys, snakes, and dragons. I would like to illustrate Dōgen’s usage of a most common expression of the moon, an oft-portrayed Zen symbol for wisdom, insight, and enlightenment. Dōgen himself frequently reaches for [the image of] the moon in his writings, the Sino-Japanese Shōbōgenzō as well as the kanbun-style Eihei Kōroku, and even in his both waka and kanshi poems. Given the occurrence of the word tsuki in these various types of writings as doctrinal, philosophical, and poetic reference, I would like to investigate the numerous instances where Dōgen mentions this word, and thereby to illustrate the multidimensionalism of Dōgen’s use of language and imagery.