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RELIGION / Buddhism / Zen

Paper · Semantic Scholar

Language, silence, and logic: Zen, Nishida, and fthe Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in cognitive and cultural perspectives

This study employs a weakened version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis as its analytical framework. Through comparative conceptual analysis, it examines Zen Buddhism’s nonverbal practices (koans and silence) and Nishida Kitaro’s dialectical philosophy of language (pure experience, absolute contradictory self-identity, and the logic of place) as two core conceptual cases. It proposes and argues for a “Middle Way” theore…

picked 11 Aug 2026

Reference · Wikidata

Putting a Price on Zen: The Business of Redefining Religion for Global Consumption

article published in Journal of Global Buddhism; Vol 16 (2015): Special Focus: Zen and Popular Culture

picked 12 Aug 2026

Book · DOAB

Essays in Anarchism and Religion: Volume 1

"Anarchism and religion have historically had an uneasy relationship. Indeed, representatives of both sides have regularly insisted on the fundamental incompatibility of anarchist and religious ideas and practices. Yet, ever since the emergence of anarchism as an intellectual and political movement, a considerable number of religious anarchists have insisted that their religious tradition necessarily implies an anar…

picked 14 Aug 2026

Full text · Open Library

Zen Buddhism & psychoanalysisZen Buddhism & psychoanalysis

Study combining aspects of religion and psychotherapy by leading psychoanalyst, an authority on Buddhism, and a student of Zen Buddhism in Japan.

cover via Open Library
picked 14 Aug 2026

Image · DPLA

An Absurd Episode: Kierkegaard's Faith and Zen EnlightenmentAn Absurd Episode: Kierkegaard's Faith and Zen Enlightenment
Villanova University, via DPLA
picked 14 Aug 2026
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