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Being and Ambiguity: Philosophical Experiments with Tiantai Buddhism ReviewDon't be put off by all the SIPs listed here; this book is not only mind-blowingly illuminating, but also extremely entertaining and fun and easy to read, once you get the rhythm of it. It's probably the most sophisticated and genuinely philosophically interesting exploration of Buddhist thought I've come across. This dude knows his Western thought well, and doesn't stop until he gets all the way to the bottom of the issue. I don't know much about the traditional Tiantai school, except very thin textbook stuff, but from this discussion it seems to be the most radical of all schools, even moreso than Zen and Dzogchen, overturning the really root assumptions that we usually don't even notice, even after a lot of Buddhism. It's also the most truly world-affirming view of the world I've ever encountered, where each individual entity is really given its due and absolute value--much more so than Nietzsche, although there's a lot of similarity, even in the style, which is brisk and chatty, mixed with dense and wickedly funny, irreverent and merciless, nuanced and lively. I laughed out loud more than once, at the same time suddenly seeing the point and getting my mind blown. He doesn't hesitate to get to the nitty-gritty of sex, desire, egotism, analyzes and sheds light on humor (what is it, why is something funny?), beauty (likewise), what freedom is, what social being is, and above all WHAT WE REALLY WANT!! This was a big surprise, but so true. The idea of "reversibility" and of "asness" are really useful, really make a lot of former questions clear. All the loose buddhist talk about "being the thing you perceive" is finally explained, and played out in the idea of reversibility of perspective as built into all experience. Likewise "asness": I feel like I finally understand Emptiness, and the implications of it which it seems like most Buddhist schools haven't even dreamt of. This simple idea, that all being is being-as something else, is worth the price of the book, and has implications everywhere. I need to reread it again (third time!) not just for understanding but for the sheer pleasure; but I think anyone with an interest in truly radical thinking, in Buddhism, in the latest developments of WEstern thought, or just in expanding his mental horizons, should check out this book.Being and Ambiguity: Philosophical Experiments with Tiantai Buddhism OverviewWant to learn more information about Being and Ambiguity: Philosophical Experiments with Tiantai Buddhism?
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