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Pruning the Bodhi Tree
THE STORM OVER CRITICAL BUDDHISM
Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1997. $45 cloth / $22.95
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Zen
is not Buddhism. Buddha-nature is not Buddhism. Nor is original enlightenment
or the non-duality of the Vimalakirti Sutra or the philosophy of
the Kyoto school. For Hakamaya Noriaki and Matsumoto Shirō, these
and many other elements of the Buddhist tradition have diluted the critical
discrimination of the truth that is the heart of Buddhist realization
and social justice.
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that these essays on the critique of hongaku shisō will
have a revolutionary impact on contemporary thought in general
and Buddhist studies in particular.." |
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— Kamata Shigeo, University of Tokyo
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of this volume will introduce Western readers to issues important
not only in Japan, but wherever Buddhism is taught and practiced." |
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— John P. Keenan,
Middlebury College
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Jamie HUBBARD
holds the Yehan Numata Chair in Buddhist Studies at Smith College.
Paul L. SWANSON is Director of
the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture.
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VOL. 2
NANZAN LIBRARY
OF ASIAN RELIGION
AND CULTURE
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