Gu, Linyu.  “Rethinking the Whiteheadian God and Chan/Zen Buddhism in the Tradition of the Yi Jing.” Journal of Chinese Philosophy 29, no.1 (March 2002): 81-92.

Abstract

During the past several decades, there have been more studies engaged in the comparison between Japanese Zen Buddhism and Western thought. The question of the present article facing to is: why can Zen, namely, the subsequent and redeveloped form of Chinese Chan Buddhism, be possibly compared with and corresponded to the process philosophy of Whitehead?

I maintain that there is a striking distinction as well as a profound affinity between the process doctrine of God in the West and Chan/Zen Buddhism in the East. Throughout the 20^th Century, process philosophers and theologians have been offering a significant reinterpretation of the traditional conception of God, and his effort can provide a refreshing alternative for a creative comparison between Chan/Zen and process God in Whitehead. In the meanwhile, such an approach should be able to mark a common concern for both process theology and Chan/Zen Buddhism: how to break though the gap between divinity and humanity, between heaven and the world, and between God/Buddha and human self?