Zen Buddhism has traditionally focused on monastic practice and the artistic expression of awakening (satori) but has paid little explicit attention to social ethics. This book considers the relationship between Zen and social ethics.

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Part 1 The Zen tradition and ethics: the Zen path; ethical dimensions of Zen practice and philosophy; ethical and political stances in Japanese Zen history; recent critiques and developments. Part 2 Toward a Zen social ethic: wisdom, suffering and practice; Zen formulation of the social good.