Mark L. Blum is Professor of Japanese at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He is the author of The Origins and Development of Pure Land Buddhism: A Study and Translation of Gyōnen's Jōdo Hōmon Genrushō and the coeditor (with Shin'ya Yasutomi) of Rennyo and the Roots of Modern Japanese Buddhism. Robert F. Rhodes is Professor of Buddhist Studies at Ōtani University.
摘要
Cultivating Spirituality is a seminal anthology of Shin Buddhist thought, one that reflects this tradition's encounter with modernity. Shin (or Jodō Shinshū) is a popular form of Pure Land Buddhism, the most widely practiced form of Buddhism in Japan, but is only now becoming well known in the West. The lives of the four thinkers included in the book spanned the years 1863–1982, from the Meiji opening to the West to Japan's establishment as an industrialized democracy and world economic power. Kiyozawa Manshi, Soga Ryōjin, Kaneko Daiei, and Yasuda Rijin, all associated with Kyoto's Ōtani University, dealt with the spiritual concerns of a society undergoing great change. Their philosophical orientation known as "Seishinshugi" ("cultivating spirituality") provides a set of principles that prioritized personal, subjective experience as the basis for religious understanding. In addition to providing access to work generally unavailable in English, this volume also includes both a contextualizing introduction and introductions to each figure included.
目次
Preface Yasutomi Shin’ya
Abbreviations
1. Shin Buddhism in the Meiji Period Mark L. Blum
Kiyozawa Manshi
2. Kiyozawa Manshi: Life and Thought Mark L. Blum
3. Why Do Buddhists Lack Self-Respect? Kiyozawa Manshi translated by Mark L. Blum
4. Negotiating Religious Morality and Common Morality Kiyozawa Manshi translated by Mark L. Blum
5. The Nature of My Faith Kiyozawa Manshi translated by Mark L. Blum
Soga Ryōjin
6. Soga Ryōjin: Life and Thought Robert F. Rhodes
7. A Savior on Earth: The Meaning of Dharmākara Bodhisattva’s Advent Soga Ryōjin translated by Jan Van Bragt
8. Shinran’s View of Buddhist History Soga Ryōjin translated by Jan Van Bragt
9. Lectures on the Tannishō Soga Ryōjin translated by Jan Van Bragt
Kaneko Daiei
10. Kaneko Daiei: Life and Times Robert Rhodes
11. Prolegomena to Shin Buddhist Studies Kaneko Daiei translated by Robert Rhodes
Yasuda Rijin
12. Yasuda Rijin: Life and Thought Paul Watt
13. The Practical Understanding of Buddhism Yasuada Rijin translated by Paul Watt
14. The Mirror of Nothingness Yasuda Rijin translated by Paul Watt
15. A Name but Not a Name Alone Yasuda Rijin translated by Paul Watt
