Why Dōgen Now? Lessons from Zen Buddhism for Management

Ōtani Tetsuō Roshi and Ingrid Shugetsu Appels

Chapter 4 in Another State of Mind, 2014, pp 37-49 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In Buddhism, ‘emptiness’ is a very important word that is used to express our true nature. It refers to the reality that nothing whatsoever has a fixed identity. The only constancy is constant change. Once we truly become one with this reality, we find that we ourselves are not some separate person; this ‘emptiness’ includes everything and everyone, and by being in this open connection, we will have the space to hear what a person or a situation is telling us, and be able to respond adequately. Step by step the emptiness itself can guide us in how to move and let our business naturally unfold itself in a chain of actions emerging from the true nature of things.

Keywords: Business Ethic; True Nature; Practical Wisdom; Great East Japan Earthquake; Ritual Activity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137425829_4

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