Dennis Hirota is Professor of Shin Buddhist Studies, Emeritus, at Ryukoku University, Kyoto. He is the head translator of The Collected Works of Shinran and has published on Japanese Pure Land Buddhism and Buddhist aesthetic thought. He is presently completing a book on the thought of Shinran in the light of Heidegger. Address: 1-422-18 Ryogae-machi, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8082, Japan. E-mail:
關鍵詞
Phenomenology; Religious Doctrines; Religion
摘要
This article explores Shinran's depiction of the life of nembutsu through a discussion of his use of the term ‘dwelling’. It seeks thereby to propose a way of reading his writings that might serve as a corrective to the more usual doctrinal views of his teaching. In order to elucidate Shinran's phenomenological endeavour, I consider his writings together with Heidegger's exposition of ‘dwelling’ in his later essays. There are four characteristics of dwelling in particular that both Shinran and Heidegger elaborate in ways that resonate with each other: settledness, freedom, joy, and nearness. The article takes up each of these aspects of the account of dwelling in the two thinkers with the aim of casting new light on Shinran's understanding of human existence in its fullest potential.
目次
Religious realization as world 450 The arising of world as dwelling 451 The character of dwelling in the world 453 i. Settledness 453 ii. Freedom 455 iii. Joy 458 Emergence as world of awareness 459 iv. Nearness 460 Spatial-temporal nearness 460 Personal nearness 461 Conclusion 462 Notes 463 References 463
