idealism

• For more than 2,000 years Western civilisation has been idealistic

  Opposites and Being Upright July 2009 — Brno

Texts

1. Buddhism Through European Glasses ●●● August 2014 — Banský Studenec

   A perfect world existing somewhere that we can access after we die

   Greek idealism and Christianity · Western idea of a perfect world
2. Opposites and Being Upright ●●● July 2009 — Brno

   For more than 2,000 years Western civilisation has been idealistic

   Western idealism
3. Reading Dogen from Experience ●●● May 2014 — Banský Studenec

   many writings which suggest there is a better place or a better life than this one

   idea of a better place
4. Escape and Refuge in Zazen ●●● May 2014 — Banský Studenec

   my problem was I interpreted what Nishijima Roshi said idealistically

   interpreting the teacher idealistically
5. Three Philosophies and One Reality ●●●

   in Buddhism, the word spirit is a figurative expression for value or meaning

   spirit as a figurative expression
6. The Relation Between the Autonomic Nervous System and Buddhism ●●●

   when people have a stronger SNS they are prone to be idealistic, and when people have a stronger PNS they are prone to be materialistic

   sympathetic idealism, parasympathetic materialism
7. The Buddha’s Discovery ●●● June 2005 — Lotus Centre

   They don't like the person who is in front of them. They like the idea of a better person.

   idea of a better person
8. Uji 4: Coming into the Present ●●● Summer 2007 — Uji

   the difference in, between Master Dogen's view and solipsism, is that Master Dogen doesn't say the world only exists in my mind

   solipsism
9. Prajñā: The State Before Thinking ●●● May 2014 — Banský Studenec

   this belief doesn't make any sense, that there is some spiritual force existing outside the world which will tell us what to do

   spiritual force outside the world
10. Understanding the Shobogenzo ●●●

    The discovery of this area and the clarification of its nature in philosophical terms solves the problem of the conflict between idealism and materialism.

    conflict between idealism and materialism
11. Zen Is Boring ●●●

    Even if it comes true exactly the way you planned, you'll end up just like Mike Nesmith.

    someday, someday
12. Bussho 2: Balance in Action ●●● Summer 2004 — Bussho

    It’s better than saying “there is a happy land far away”

    happy land far away
13. Bussho 1: Having Buddha-Nature ●●● Summer 2005 — Bussho

    we can interpret that to mean that a god represents the ultimate idealistic person

    god as ultimate idealist
14. Shoaku Makusa 2: Not Doing Wrong as a State ●●● Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusa

    we create an image, and that image is not like us, we’ve created it, so we think it’s out there

    buddha as an image out there
15. Zazen Without an Intentional Aim ●●● February 2009 — Cholín

    Plato said there is a perfect world of ideas and this imperfect world, which is a kind of shadow

    Plato's perfect world of ideas
16. Karma, Cause and Effect ●●● July 2009 — Brno

    there must be another universe outside God's universe which created God's universe

    spiritual force outside the world
17. Just to Be Alive Is Enough ●●● August 2011 — Dibbavana

    America had many strange ideas about enlightenment and things like that. So he wanted to burst the balloons

    bursting the balloons of idealism
18. Effort Without Knowing the Result ●●● May 2014 — Banský Studenec

    the perfection of ideas, which is illustrated in Plato's philosophy about shadows on the back of a cave

    Plato's perfect world of ideas

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