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    Philosophical meditations on Zen Buddhism.Dale Stuart Wright - 1998 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
    This book is the first to engage Zen Buddhism philosophically on crucial issues from a perspective that is informed by the traditions of western philosophy and religion. It focuses on one renowned Zen master, Huang Po, whose recorded sayings exemplify the spirit of the 'golden age' of Zen in medieval China, and on the transmission of these writings to the West. The author makes a bold attempt to articulate a post-romantic understanding of Zen applicable to contemporary world culture. While deeply (...)
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    The six perfections: Buddhism and the cultivation of character.Dale Stuart Wright - 2009 - New York: Oxford University Press.
    Here is a lucid, accessible, and inspiring guide to the six perfections--Buddhist teachings about six dimensions of human character that require "perfecting": ...
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    What is Buddhist Enlightenment?Dale Stuart Wright - 2016 - Oxford University Press USA.
    What kind of person should I strive to be? What ideals should I pursue in my life? These basic human questions and others like them are components of the overall question that guides this book: What is enlightenment? As Dale Wright argues, any serious practitioner of human life, religious or not, confronts the challenge of living an authentic life, of overcoming common human disabilities like greed, hatred, and delusion that give rise to excessive suffering. Why then, Wright asks, is this (...)
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    Zen Masters.Steven Heine & Dale Stuart Wright (eds.) - 2010 - Oup Usa.
    Extending their successful series of collections on Zen Buddhism, Heine and Wright present a fifth volume, on what may be the most important topic of all - Zen Masters. Zen masters in China, and later in Korea and Japan, were among the cultural leaders of their times. Stories about their comportment and powers circulated widely throughout East Asia. In this volume ten leading Zen scholars focus on the image of the Zen master as it has been projected over the last (...)
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    Theological reflection and the pursuit of ideals: theology, human flourishing, and freedom.David Jasper, Dale Stuart Wright, Maria Antonaccio & William Schweiker (eds.) - 2013 - Burlington, VT: Ashgate.
    This book addresses the interrelation between theological thinking and the complex and diverse realms of human ideals. What are the ideals appropriate to our moment in human history, and how do these ideals derive from or relate to theological reflection in our time? In Theological Reflection and the Pursuit of Ideals internationally renowned scholars from a range of disciplines engage with these crucial questions with the intention of articulating a new and historically appropriate vision of theological reflection and the pursuit (...)
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    Living skillfully: Buddhist philosophy of life from the Vimalakīrti Sūtra.Dale Stuart Wright - 2021 - New York: Oxford University Press.
    This book attempts to articulate a contemporary philosophy of life drawing upon Buddhist resources from the Vimalakīrti Sūtra. Among the major themes in this Mahayana Buddhist scripture is the "skillful means" required to live a healthy and undeluded life. The book adopts that theme as a means of developing a practical approach to contemporary Buddhist life. Following many of the brilliant stories in the sutra, this book attempts to provide clear explanations for the primary Buddhist teachings and the relationships that (...)
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    Review of Opening a Mountain: Kōans of the Zen Masters by Steven Heine. [REVIEW]Dale Stuart Wright - 2006 - Philosophy East and West 56 (1):194-197.