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Evil and/or/as The Good: Omnicentrism, Intersubjectivity, and Value Paradox in Tiantai Buddhist Thought (review)

Evil and/or/as The Good: Omnicentrism, Intersubjectivity, and Value Paradox in Tiantai Buddhist... of one who desires enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. There is, in these three characterizations, some semblance to Brassard's categories of the metaphysical (ultimate), functional (aspirational), and ethical (practical). And, as with Brassard, there is some understanding that these three aspects are interdependent. Evil and/or/as The Good: Omnicentrism, Intersubjectivity, and Value Paradox in Tiantai Buddhist Thought. By Brook Ziporyn. Harvard-Yenching Monograph no. 51. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000. Pp. x þ 482. Hardcover $60.00. Reviewed by David R. Loy Bunkyo University Does Mahayana Buddhism have a problem with evil? Buddhism generally focuses ¯ ¯ on ignorance (a problem of understanding) rather than evil (Abrahamic sin is more a problem of the will). Early Buddhism does have a lot to say about the three roots of evil, which need to be transformed into their positive counterparts--greed into generosity, ill will into loving-kindness, ignorance into wisdom. But the Mahayana ¯ ¯ ´¯ emphasis on sunyata puts a different slant on samsara. The focus on realizing emp¯ ¯ tiness seems to work better for ignorance/delusion than for evil: wisdom/prajna ~¯ ´¯ involves realizing that everything is sunya. Then how are we to distinguish good ´¯ from evil deeds, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Philosophy East and West University of Hawai'I Press

Evil and/or/as The Good: Omnicentrism, Intersubjectivity, and Value Paradox in Tiantai Buddhist Thought (review)

Loy, David R.
Philosophy East and West , Volume 54 (1) – Dec 21, 2004
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of one who desires enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. There is, in these three characterizations, some semblance to Brassard's categories of the metaphysical (ultimate), functional (aspirational), and ethical (practical). And, as with Brassard, there is some understanding that these three aspects are interdependent. Evil and/or/as The Good: Omnicentrism, Intersubjectivity, and Value Paradox in Tiantai Buddhist Thought. By Brook Ziporyn. Harvard-Yenching Monograph no. 51. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000. Pp. x þ 482. Hardcover $60.00. Reviewed by David R. Loy Bunkyo University Does Mahayana Buddhism have a problem with evil? Buddhism generally focuses ¯ ¯ on ignorance (a problem of understanding) rather than evil (Abrahamic sin is more a problem of the will). Early Buddhism does have a lot to say about the three roots of evil, which need to be transformed into their positive counterparts--greed into generosity, ill will into loving-kindness, ignorance into wisdom. But the Mahayana ¯ ¯ ´¯ emphasis on sunyata puts a different slant on samsara. The focus on realizing emp¯ ¯ tiness seems to work better for ignorance/delusion than for evil: wisdom/prajna ~¯ ´¯ involves realizing that everything is sunya. Then how are we to distinguish good ´¯ from evil deeds,

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