Mind As Mirror and the Mirroring of Mind: Buddhist Reflections on Western Phenomenology (Suny Series, Buddhist Studies)

Rooted in the insights of Madhyamika dialectic and an articulated Zazen phenomenology, this study uncovers and examines the methodological presuppositions undergirding the work of Husserl, Sartre, and Merleau-Ponty and calls into serious question certain of the most fundamental assumptions of the Western phenomenological tradition regarding the nature of mind. Mind as Mirror and the Mirroring of Mind presents, for the first time, a searching and distinctively Buddhist challenge to the Western phenomenologies―a challenge, that is, to grow beyond the settled alternative assumptions that the mind either is or is not mirror-like in its experience of phenomenal reality.**Steven J Laycock is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toledo. He is co-editor of Essays for a Phenomenological Theology. An active member of the Buddhist Society for Compassionate Wisdom, he has, for many years, been engaged in Buddhist meditative practice. An Incident At Wang-mei Shan -- Prelude In The Key Of Emptiness -- I. Mind As Mirror. The Mirrorless Mirror: Reflections On Buddhist Dialectic. The Pathless Path: Reflections On Buddhist Meditative Practice -- Ii. The Mirroring Of Mind. The Gateless Gate: Reflections On The Methodology Of Reflection. Mindless Minding: Reflections On Intentionality -- Diary Of A Moon Gazer. Steven Laycock. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 301-317) And Indexes.