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Two seemingly contradictory aspects of the teaching of innate enlightenment(hongaku) in medieval Japan |
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Author |
Sueki, Fumihiko (著)=末木文美士 (au.)
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Source |
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
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Volume | v.22 n.1-2 |
Date | 1995.03-06 |
Pages | 3 - 16 |
Publisher | Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture=南山宗教文化研究所 |
Publisher Url |
http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/
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Location | 名古屋, 日本 [Nagoya, Japan] |
Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
Language | 英文=English |
Keyword | Enlightenment (buddhism); philosophy, buddhist; Japan--religion--to 1600; Tendai (Buddhist school) |
Abstract | The Sanju-shi ka no kotogaki (The thirty-four item report) is one of the most representative works in the tradition of hongaku thought in the Japanese medieval Tendai school. Two seemingly contradictory aspects can be found when analyzing the theory found in this text. The first aspect is that of the absolute affirmation of this world on the basis of the principle of self-consistency, which seems to require no practice for realizing enlightenment. The second is the realization of enlightenment at the “degree of verbal identity, ” that is, the second stage of the Tendai “six degrees of identity. ” Although this is considered the easiest way of realizing enlightenment, it is not the same as the affirmation of the world that requires no practice at all. This contradiction saved hongaku teachings from being completely corrupt. |
ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
Hits | 1317 |
Created date | 1998.04.28 |
Modified date | 2017.08.24 |

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