7. Reflexivity and Adaptability: The Functions and Dysfunctions of Meditation

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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS vii
4. PREFACE ix
5. PART I. Textual Sources and Resources
6. 1. Creativity and Originality: Orientations, Reorientations, and Disorientations 3
7. 2. Receptivity and Reliability: Numerous Levels of Significance 33
8. 3. Multiplicity and Variability: Differing Versions and Interpretations 60
9. PART II. Religious Teachings and Practices
10. 4. Reality and Mentality: On Perceiving the World of Sentient and Insentient Beings 91
11. 5. Temporality and Ephemerality: On Negotiating Living and Dying 119
12. 6. Expressivity and Deceptivity: To Speak or Not to Speak 145
13. 7. Reflexivity and Adaptability: The Functions and Dysfunctions of Meditation 175
14. 8. Rituality and Causality: On Monastic Discipline and Motivation 201
15. Appendix 1: Titles of Treasury Fascicles 227
16. Appendix 2: Comparison of Versions of the Treasury 231
17. Appendix 3: Timeline for Dōgen and the Treasury 235
18. Appendix 4: Complete Translations of the Treasury 239
19. CHARACTER GLOSSARY 243
20. NOTES 259
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY 277
22. INDEX 289