the-mystery-of-Zen-禅的奥秘-高级阅读

TheMysteryofZenPresentedbygroupIIIBackgroundinformationTextanalysisDiscussionI.BackgroundInformationGilbertHighet(June22,1906–January20,1978),aScottish-Americanclassicist,academic,writer,intellectual,criticandliteraryhistorian.Bestknownasamid-20th-centuryteacherofthehumanitiesintheUS.I.BackgroundInformationGilbertHighetA)Birth:1906;Glasgow,Scotland.B)Education:I.BackgroundInformationGilbertHighetC)Representativeworks:TheClassicalTradition:GreekandRomanInfluencesonWesternLiterature(1949),TheArtofTeaching(1950),Man'sUnconquerableMind(1954),andJuvenaltheSatirist:AStudy(1954)I.BackgroundInformationZenintheArtofArcheryZenintheArtofArcheryA)Author:EugenHerrigel(1884–1955),aGermanphilosophywhooncetaughtintheUniversityofTokyolearnedarcheryfor6yearsinordertostudyZeninJapan.I.BackgroundInformationB)Thebook:Itsetsforththeoriesaboutmotorlearningandcontrolthatprovidelessonsforlearninganysportorphysicalactivity.ZenintheArtofArcheryI.BackgroundInformationForexample,throughyearsofpractice,aphysicalactivitybecomeseffortlessbothmentallyandphysically,asifthebodyexecutescomplexanddifficultmovementswithoutconsciouscontrolfromthemind.C)Influences:Ithasinspiredaseriesofsimilar,butfundamentallydifferenttitles(morethan200),suchasZenintheArtofWriting.ZenintheArtofArcheryI.BackgroundInformationZen：aschoolofMahayanaBuddhism（大乘佛教）thatdevelopedinChinaduringthe6thcenturyas禅.ThewordZenistheJapanesepronunciationfortheChineseword禅.itsemphasisontheattainmentofenlightenmentandthepersonalexpressionofdirectinsightintheBuddhistteaching.SomewaystoZenpracticearemeditation,observingthebreath,orobservingthemind.I.BackgroundInformationZenSayings禅宗语录的具体内容1禅宗语录的具体内容2禅宗语录的具体内容3禅宗语录的具体内容4A)Audience•Philosophers,peoplewhowanttobecomeZenmasters;•Peoplewhodon'tquiteunderstandZen;•PeoplewhowanttoknowaboutZen;•PeopleinterestedinJapaneseculture;•PeoplewhothinkofZenhighlyorfinditmysterious;II.TextAnalysisB)Speaker’scharacter•ResourcefulUsesreferencesfrombooksaboutZen;•EloquentspeakerThewayheexplainsZen;•KnowledgeableEssaysuggeststhathedidalotofresearchonZen.II.TextAnalysisC)Content&structureI.Author’sexperienceofreadingZenintheArtofArchery.II.TextAnalysis1sttime•Zenwasalientohim•putthebookaway2ndtime•“well-written”•“highlyindividual”3rdtime•didnotunderstandfully,butlearnedalotfromitC)Content&structureI.Author’sexperienceofreadingZenintheArtofArchery.II.IntroductionoftheplotofZenintheArtofArchery.II.TextAnalysisHerrigel’sroadtoZen•Inthefirst4years,helearnedhowtoholdthearrowandthebow,aswellashowtoreleasethearrow.•Inthelast2years,hewasallowedtoshootatthetarget,butwasstrictlyforbiddentoaimatit.•Difficulty1.ThehugedifferenceofholdingabowbetweentheJapaneseandGermany.2.Holdingthearroweithertightlyorrelaxedwouldwastetheshot.3.Hewasstrictlyforbiddentoaimatit.Heshouldhadbecomeapartofthearrowandthebow.C)Content&structureI.Author’sexperienceofreadingZenintheArtofArchery.II.IntroductionoftheplotofZenintheArtofArchery.III.AnalysisofZen.II.TextAnalysisOriginofZenStoriesaboutZenEssenceofZenZenisreligiousinsteadofphilosophy,andcannotbedefined.(Page20)“Ihaveseenthishappenedtomyselfahundredtimes,andeverytimeithappensagain,Iamequallyfascinatedandastonished”.D)SentencesanalysisII.TextAnalysis(Page24)“ThegravityandserenityoftheIndianpreacheraretransformed,inZen,totheearthylivelinessofChineseandJapanesesages.Thelotusbroodingcalmlyonthewaterhasturnedintoaknottedtreecoveredwithspringblossoms”.D)SentencesanalysisII.TextAnalysis(Page26)“Apparentlyhemeansthatthesethings,whichwecanseeinstantlywithouteffort,orimagineintheflashofasecond,arerealwiththeultimatereality;thatnothingismorerealthanthese;andthatweoughttograspultimatesaswegraspsimpleimmediates”.D)SentencesanalysisII.TextAnalysis(Page27)“Zenhasathisheartaninnersolitude;itsaimistoteachustolive,asinthelastresortwedoallhavetolive,alone”.D)SentencesanalysisII.TextAnalysisIII.DiscussionQ1.WhatdoyouthinkofZenandreligion?Doyouthinkitisnihilism?Whatcanwebenefitfromit?Q2.Whatistherelationshipbetweenphilosophyandreligion?Q3.Whatdoyouthinkaboutscienceandreligion?Whatrolesdotheyplayinourlife?Isitnecessaryforustohavereligioninmoderntimes?菩提本无树，明镜亦非台。本来无一物，何处惹尘埃。（慧能）身是菩提树，心如明镜台。时时勤拂拭，莫使染尘埃。（神秀）ThankYou!