Anton Luis Sevilla, Department of Philosophy and Japanese Study Program, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines.
摘要
In this article, I hope to suggest (1) a fertile ground for human rights and social ethics within Japanese intellectual history and (2) a possible angle for connecting Dōgens ethical views with his views on private religious practice. I begin with a review of the attempts to found the notion of rights within Buddhism. I focus on two well-argued attempts: Damien Keowns foundation of rights on the Four Noble Truths and individual soteriology and Jay Garfield's foundation of rights on the compassionate drive to liberate others. I then fuse these two approaches in a single concept: Buddha-nature. I analyze Dōgens own view on the practice-realization of Buddha-nature, and the equation of Buddha-nature with being, time, emptiness, and impermanence. I end with tentative suggestions concerning how Dōgens particular view on Buddha-nature might affect any social ethics or view of rights that is founded on it.
目次
Introduction 214 The Foundation and Justification of Human Rights 215 Buddha-Nature, Practice, and Compassion 224 Dōgen and the Realization of Buddha-Nature 229 Conclusion 249
