THE EASTERN
BUDDHIST
NEW SERIES
Vol. Ill No. 2 October^ 1970
EDITORS
Nishitani Keiji
Sakamoto Hiroshi
Ito Emyo
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Abe Masao
Bando Shojun
Richard DeMartino
Okamura Mihoko
Sato Taira
Ueda Kansho
Norman A. Waddell
SECRETARIES
Miura Namiko & Miura Takashi
ADVISORY BOARD
Soga Ryojin, Professor Emeritus, Otani University
Hisamatsu Shin’ichi, Director, F.A.S. Zen Institute
Yamaguchi Susumu, Professor Emeritus, Otani University
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THE EASTERN BUDDHIST
An unsectarian journal devoted to an open and critical study of
Mahayana Buddhism in all of its aspects, published by
The Eastern Buddhist Society
Otani University, Kyoto
Vol. m No. 2
NEW S E R IE S
October 1970
C O N T E N T S
Suzuki Daisetz
frontispiece
Self the Unattainable, Suzuki Daisetz ...
1
T he Nature o fSadd Culture, Hisamatsu Sbiriicbi ...
9
Nembutsu in the Chinese Pure Land Tradition
Allan A . Andrews
... 20
T he “Eclipse of God” and Existential Mistrust
Stanley Romaine Hopper
... 46
T he Personal and the Impersonal in Religion (concluded)
Nisbitani Keiji ... 71
TRANSLATION
Sokushin-ki, by Shido Munan Zenji
Translated by Kobori Sobaku & Norman A . Waddell ... 89
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
T he Northern Frontiers of the Buddhist World
John Blofeld
... 119
Travels in Mongolia, BanddSbojun
... 123
Zen Diary Viewed by a Student of Rinzai Zen
Dana R. Fraser... 128
A Rejoinder to Professor Bahm, Winston L. King
... 131
BOOK REVIEWS
edward
co n ze
: T hirty Years of Buddhist Studies
(Sakamoto Hiroshi & Nagasaki Hojun)
... 133
saigusa
mitsuyoshi
: Studien zum
Mahaprajnaparamita-(upadesa) Sastra, (Kajiyama Yuichi) ... 136
rich ard
H.
robinson
: Early Madhyamika in India and
China, (Kenneth K. Inada)... 142
NOTES
CONTRIBUTORS
ALLAN A. ANDREWS, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Philosophy and Religion,
University of Vermont
BANDO SHOJUN, Assistant Professor, Dept, of Buddhist Studies, Otani
University
JOHN BLOFELD, currently working for ECAFE in Bangkok
DANA R. FRASER, Student of Rinzai Zen, Shokoku-ji Temple, Kyoto
HISAMATSU SHIN’ICHI, Former Professor of Buddhism, Kyoto University;
Director, the F.A.S. Zen Institute
STANLEY ROMAINE HOPPER, Professor of Religion and Letters, Syracuse
University
WINSTON KING, Professor of History of Religions, Vanderbilt University
KOBORI SOHAKU, Head-Priest of RySkoin Temple, Daitoku-ji, Kyoto
NISHITANI KEIJI, Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Otani University;
Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University; Member, the Japan Academy
MAIN CONTENTS OF PREVIOUS
NUMBERS OF THE EASTERN BUDDHIST (1921-1939)
Volume One
No. 4 T he Washington Conference from the Buddhist Point o f View—T he Poswblity o f Permxnent Pence—Why do We Fight?—T he AvataauaJta Sarra, Epitomised, Part Four
N o. 5 & 6 On the Development o f Buddhism in U d i» -H d o e n Sbdnin and the Jddo Id e a l-T h e Way to the Land o f B l i » - Some Aspects o f Zen Buddhism—T he Blessed One
Volume Two
No. 5 T he Life of Shinran Sbdnin—T he Rclipon o f Shinran Shftnm—The Buddha and S h in ra n -In Buddhist Temples, H L Higashi Hongwanji, and Funeral Ceremony o f the Late Abbot o f Higashi Hoagwanji—Shinran Revival o f the Last Year
Volume Three
N o. 3 Sayingsofa Modern Tariki Mystic— Profcsaor Rudolph Otto on Zen Buddhism—The Rained T a n p la o f Kamakura— Vimalakirti's Discourse oo Emancipation (c o a t}—A Comparative Index to the Samyutts-Niksya and the Sanryutta-Agama N o. 3 T he Teaching o f the Shin-ahfl and the Religious Life Buddhism and Moral World-order—Zen Buddhism oo Im mortality (Extract from T he /fchgasutai)- Vimalakirti's Discourse on Etnandpatiou (c o o t}—T he Ruined Temples of Kamakura, II. Nichiren and K amakura-A Comparative Index to the Samyuttn-Nikaya and the Samyutta-Agsma (c o o t) N o. 4 Development o f the Pure Land Doctrine in Buddhism— T he Teaching o f Sdkyamuni— Vimalakirti's Discourse on
Emancipation (am t.}—A Comparative Index to the Samyutta-Nikiya and Samyutta-Agama (concluded)
Volume Four
N o. t T he Secret Message o f BodhiDharma A D iscu sion o f the Origin o f Mahayana Buddhism— Vimalakirti s Discourse on Emancipation (cont.>-NigirjuDa,s AfaWj*w-zvmia>»
N o . x Zen and Jddo, T w o Types o f Buddhist Experience—T h e Buddhist Doctrine of Vicarious Suffering The Quest of Historic S*kyamuni in Western Scholarship-Nftgiriuna’s AfaJMydM-sMuobs (An English Translation with Notts)— Vimalakirti’■ Discourse on Emancipation (coat.)
No. 3 8c 4 T he LnahlMMra Sttra, as a Mahayana Text in Especial Relation to the Teaching o f Zen Buddhism— T he Chinese Tendai Teaching—Vimalakirti's Discourse on Emancipation (concluded)
Volume Five
N o. t An Introduction to the Study o f the Laahtt>ar4ra S itr a —A Study in the Pure Land Doctrine, ss Interpreted by SbdkQ, the Founder o f the Pure Land Sect—T he SinaraapraM ifa S itr a , Sanskrit Text with Introductory Note
N o. a 8c 3 Passivity in the Buddhist L ife -O n the Pure Land Doctrine o f TYo-m in S B — Mihrepa—T h e Hymn on the Life and Vows o f Satmnabhadm. with the Sanskrit T ext, JJUdrwari>ra*dMae—T h e Temples o f Kamakura, III
N o . 4 T h e Shingoo School o f Mahayana Buddhism—Poems by Kdbd Daithi— /fa y - in Shingoo— Mahayana Buddhism and Japanese Culture— What is Zen?—T he G ith ia o f the D ataM & adt+Sitra— In Buddhist Temples, V. Khya-san
Volume Six
N o. t Mahayana and Hinayaaa Buddhism, or the Bodhisattva Idea! and the Srav.ka-ideal, as Distinguished in the Opening Chapter o f the Gaadecy&ba The Pure Land Doctrine aa Illustrated in the “ Plain-wood" NembutM by ShdkA—The Temples o f Kamakura, IV—T he G ith i Portion o f the D afoM feuU — In Buddhist Tanplea. VL Mrdahlnti
No. a Buddhist, Especially Zen Contribution, to Japanese Culture—Triyina V enus Ekayina: The Three Vehicles in Conflict with the One Vehicle—Ceremonies for Lay Disciples at Kdya-San:—1. The Bocatsukai; IL T he Ango—In Buddhist Temples, VII. Nanxenji; V III. Ginkakuji
No. 3 T he Background and Early Use o f the Buddha-Kyctn Concept—D ie Spuren des Buddhismus in China vor Kaiser Ming, nebet ciner Bctncbtung fiber den Ursprung und die Bedeutung des “ Chin-jin”— An Outline of the X nelam aia Surra fA'rgtwydJ—The Teaching o f Ippcn Sbdtun j«9> -G ensha oo Three In v a lid s-In Buddhist Temples: IX. Kyddgokoku ji (Tdji)
No. 4 Impressions o f Chinese Buddhism—The Background and Early Use o f the Buddha-Kyetra Concept—Die Spuren des Buddhismus in China vor Kaiser Ming, nebst ciner Betrachrung Uber der Ursprung und die Bedeutung des “ Chin-ten"— In Buddhist Temples: X . Honkokuji; XL Honndji
Volume Seven
No. I T he Shingon School o f Mahaysna Buddhism— M ediations on Plato and Buddha—Zen and the Japanese Love o f Nature No. a T he Background and Early Use o f the Buddha-Kyetn Concept—T he Shingon School o f Mahayana Buddhism—The Mandara: T he Taizd Kai—D ie Spuren d a Buddhismus in Chins vor K a b a Ming, nebst ciner Bctrschtung Ober den Ursprung und die Bedeutung d a “ Chin jrn" (concluded)
No. 3 & 4 T he Shin Sect of Buddhism The Songs o f Shinran Sbdnin -Shia Buddhism as the Religion o f Hearing—The Nembutsu in Shin Buddhism—The
Volume Eight
No. t Rennyo Sbdnin -R ennyo Sbdnin, the Great Teacher o f Shia Buddhism— Buddhism and Education No. 3 T he MyOkdnin—Shin Religion a 1 Believe it—Goodness so d Nsturalnea
No. 3 A Study o f Translatonhip o f the >Fs fr'ear thsa rkiag Ww Haag thau rkr^g—Pure Land Document of the Truthful Doctrine, Work, and Attainment— A Discussion between One and Zero
N o. 4 Tao-an on Translation—A Note ou the Study o f the Fa-r'aag Wa-Uaag-ilraa-rluat (coot.}— K j i - g j i thia M M ta ra i ( a m t } —A Discussion between One and Zero (concluded)
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aisetzT . S
uzukiOn Zen Art, by S
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ichiH
isamatsuT h e Concept o f the Pure I .and in Nagarjuna’s Doctrine, by S
usumuY
amaguchiT w o Addresses, Ansprache zum Heimatabcnd and Uber Abraham a Santa Clara, by M
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