How Long to Read Dōgen and the Kōan Tradition

How Long Does it Take to Read Dōgen and the Kōan Tradition?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 9 minutes to read Dōgen and the Kōan Tradition by Steven Heine

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book has three major goals in critically examining the historical and philosophical relation between the writings of Dōgen and the Zen koan tradition. First, it introduces and evaluates recent Japanese scholarship concerning Dōgen's two Shōbōgenzō texts, the Japanese (Kana) collection of ninety-two fascicles on Buddhist topics and the Chinese (Mana) collection of three hundred koan cases also known as the Shōbōgenzō Sanbyakusoku. Second, it develops a new methodology for clarifying the development of the koan tradition and the relation between intellectual history and multifarious interpretations of koan cases based on postmodern literary criticism. Third, the book's emphasis on a literary critical methodology challenges the conventional reading of koans stressing the role of psychological impasse culminating in silence.

How long is Dōgen and the Kōan Tradition?

Dōgen and the Kōan Tradition by Steven Heine is 364 pages long, and a total of 92,456 words.

This makes it 123% the length of the average book. It also has 113% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Dōgen and the Kōan Tradition Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 25 minutes to read Dōgen and the Kōan Tradition aloud.

What Reading Level is Dōgen and the Kōan Tradition?

Dōgen and the Kōan Tradition is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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