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È poco noto che Richard Wagner fu tra i primi occidentali ad apprezzare il buddismo e il primo grande artista europeo ad ispirarsi a questa religione. Nel 1856, nel pieno della sua creatività, l'artista 33enne lesse il suo primo libro sul buddismo. Follemente innamorato di Mathilde Wesendonck, una donna bellissima ma felicemente sposata, concepì due progetti d'opera profondamente legati tra loro: Tristan und Isolde, che poi compose e mise in s...

Schopenhauer was the first major Western philosopher with a deep interest in Asian philosophies and religions. His favorite book was a Latin version of the Indian Upanishads-the Oupnek'hat-that he used to call the consolation of his life and death. Urs App explains in this book for the first time why Schopenhauer regarded this work as the most excellent in the world, how it is connected with the birth of his philosophy, and what caused him to ...

Schopenhauer's favorite book was a particular version of the Indian Upanishads. He encountered it just before he found the centerpiece of his philosophical system: his concept of will. Though he named it as the first of three main philosophical influences and kept calling it the most excellent book in the world, 150 years of Schopenhauer research have failed to explain the role of these Latin Upanishads. Based on Schopenhauer's extant copy of ...

It is little known that Richard Wagner was among the very first Westerners to appreciate Buddhism and that he was the first major European artist to be inspired by this religion. In 1856, in the prime of his creativity, the 33-year-old artist read his first book about Buddhism. Madly in love with Mathilde Wesendonck, a beautiful but happily married woman, he conceived two deeply connected opera projects: Tristan und Isolde which he went on to ...

Schopenhauer's favorite book was a particular version of the Indian Upanishads. He encountered it just before he found the centerpiece of his philosophical system: his concept of will. Though he named it as the first of three main philosophical influences and kept calling it the most excellent book in the world, 150 years of Schopenhauer research have failed to explain the role of these Latin Upanishads. Based on Schopenhauer's extant copy of ...

Whereas the discovery by Europeans of the continents of our earth has been the subject of countless studies and its protagonists (such as Columbus) are universally known, research on the European discovery of our globe's "spiritual continents" - its religions and philosophies - is still in its infancy. The Christian West's discovery of Asia's largest religion and fount of philosophies, Buddhism, is a case in point: though it triggered one of t...

Meister Yunmen Wenyan (864-949), der Gründer einer der fünf Schulen des chinesischen Zen (Chan), war ein Gigant unter den großen Meistern des Zen im alten China. Als letzter Vertreter der Klassik des Zen wurde er zum meistzitierten Protagonisten aller Koan-Sammlungen. In seinen Darlegungen und Gesprächen, vom Sinologen und Japanologen Urs App in repräsentativer Auswahl originalgetreu und kongenial ins Deutsche übertragen, kommen der Geist und ...

Although the Western encounter with Asia's largest religion may be the vastest and most consequential spiritual encounter in human history, its protagonists and historical development are still barely known. Thus it comes as no surprise that even specialists have hitherto failed to appreciate the earliest Western book about Buddhism: Michel-Jean-François Ozeray's Recherches sur Buddou ou Bouddou, instituteur religieux de l'Asie orientale (Pari...

A modern Zen classic--reissued with new material: An introduction to the great tenth-century Chinese master, with translations of his key works.Yunmen Wenyan (c. 864-949) was a master of the Chinese Zen (Chan) tradition and one of the most influential teachers in its history, showing up in many famous koans-in one of which he's credited with the famous line, "Every day is a good day." His teachings are said to permeate heaven and earth, to add...

Whereas the discovery by Europeans of the continents of our earth has been the subject of countless studies and its protagonists (such as Columbus) are universally known, research on the European discovery of our globe's "spiritual continents" - its religions and philosophies - is still in its infancy. The Christian West's discovery of Asia's largest religion and fount of philosophies, Buddhism, is a case in point: though it triggered one of t...

Richard Wagner war einer der ersten Europäer, der den Buddhismus schätzte und darf als der erste große Künstler des Westens gelten, der sich von dieser Religion inspirieren ließ.Im Jahre 1856, auf dem Gipfel seiner künstlerischen Kreativität, las der 33-jährige Künstler in Zürich sein erstes Buch über den Buddhismus. Er war damals völlig verliebt in die glücklich verheiratete Mathilde Wesendonck und ersann zwei zutiefst verbundene Opernprojekt...

Urs App is a researcher with the Swiss National Research Fund.