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THE EASTERN

B U D D H IS T

NEW SERIES

Vol. VI No. i May, 1973

EDITORS

Nishitani Keiji

Sakamoto Hiroshi

Ito Emvo

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Abe Masao

Bando Shojun

Richard DeMartino

Okamura Mihoko

SECRETARY

Shibata Keiko

Sato Taira

Ueda Shizuteru

Norman A. Waddell

ADVISORY BOARD

Hisamatsu Shin’ichi, Director, E.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 VI No. 1

NEW SERIES

May W 3

CONTENTS

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ARTICLES

A Preface to the KyogyoshinshS (unfinished), Suzuki Daisetz... i

On the Theory o f Buddha-body (Buddba-kaya'), Nagao Gadjin... 25

Chinese Poetry and Zen, Iriya Tosbitaka... 54

The Standpoint of ^unyata, Nisbitani Keiji...68

The Sayings of Rinzai, A Conversation Between Suzuki Daisetz &

Ueda S h izu teru ...92

TRANSLATIONS

Ikkyu’s Skeletons, translated by R. H. Bly th... i l l

T he C hing-fu Shih-i-lun (Ten Doubts Concerning the Pure Land),

translated by Leo Pruden... 126

VIEWS AND REVIEWS

Thoughts on Kawabata’s Meijin, A . IT. Sadler...158

CONTRIBUTORS

IRIYA YOSHITAKA, Professor of Chinese Literature, Kyoto University

NAGAO GADJIN, Professor of Indian Buddhism, Emeritus, Kyoto University

NISHITANI KEIJI, Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Kyoto University;

Member, the Japan Academy

LEO PRUDEN, Associate Professor of Religion, Brown University, Provi­

dence, Rhode Island

A. W. SADLER, Professor of Religion, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville,

New York

M O NU M ENTA NIPPONICA

Studies in Japanese Culture

Winter 1972

Vol. XXVII, No. 4

The Dramatic Structure of Ataka,

a Noh Phy

What Happens in Kinkakuji

An Introduction to the Private

Correspondence of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Adriana Boscar0

The Mechanics of the Macao-Nagasaki

Silk Trade

Kenneth Yasuda

Thomas E. Swann

Michael Cooper

R

eview

A

rticle

Edwin A . Cranston

B

ook

R

eviews

A Bridge of Dreams

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Vol. XXVIII, No. 1

Spring 1973

Wilhelm Schiffer, S. J. In Memoriam

The Western Education of Kume

Kunitake, 1871-6

A Study in Contrasts. Japanese

School Textbooks of 1903 and 1941-5

The Buddhist Poetry in the Goshuishu

Heinrich Dumoulin

Marlene J. Mayo

Harold J , Wray

Robert E. Morrell

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R

eviews

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TH E EASTERN BUDDHIST

NEW SERIES

VOLUME IV NUMBER 2 (October, 1971)

Infinite L ight, by S

D

N ihilism and Sdnyati, by N

K

A Study o f Genshin’s O jtytskS , b y A

A. A

Dialogues, East and West: P

T

A H

S

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ShidS Munan Zenji’s Sokushsn-ki (concluded), translated by K

SS

Dflgen’s Shikfgenzo Ikka-mjfiju —

translated by N

W

and A

M

“ Drugs and Buddhism”—A Symposium: S

D

, A

W

, R

J

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R

A

, R

L

, U

S

notes

VOLUME V NUMBER 1 (May, 1972)

The Seer and the Seen, by S

D

The Comic Perspective in Zen Literature and Art, by M . C

H

The Reception o f Buddhism in the Suiko Period, by W

T

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N ih ilism and Sunyata (continued), by N

K

D dgen’s Shfkogcnzt Zcnki

& S h iji £ J t , translated by N

W

and A

M

Buddhism , Nature, and the Environment, by A

B

T h e M iddle Way in Clear W ords, by W

J. H . C

NOTES

VOLUME V NUM BER 2 (October, 1972)

What is Shin Buddhism? by S

D

Buddhist Elements in the Coming World Civilization, by N

P

J

Chuang T zu and Buddhism, by M

M

O

T h e Life o f L in-chi I-hsuan, by Y

S

N ihilism and Sflnyata (concluded), by N

K

Dialogues, East and W est (II): P

T

A H

S

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ShibigenzS G enjikian

translated by N

W

and A

M

T h e (n e a t Path o f Absolute Other Power & M y Faith, by K

M

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translated by B

O S

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Pre-Rational Harmony in Heidegger’s Essential Thinking and Ch’an Thought,

by C

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Yeats and Zen Buddhism, by N

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VOLUME VI NUMBER 1 (May, 1973)

A Preface to the Kyigydshmskd, by S

D

On the Theory o f the Buddha-body, by N

G

Chinese Poetry and Zen, by I

Y

T h e Standpoint o f Sfinyata, by N

K

T he Sayings o f Rinzai: A Conversation Between Suzuki D aisetz A Ueda Shizuteru

IkkyH's Skeletons, translated by R.H . B

Shih-i-hm

translated by L

P

I

Kawabau’s M eijin, by A W . S

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N 0 . 5 & 6 O n the Development o f Buddhism in India— Hhoen Sbdoin and the Jddo Ideal— T b e Way to tbe Land of Blis*— Some Aspect* o f Zen Buddhism— T b e BJeased One

Volume Two

N o . 5 T h e L ife o f Shinran S h in in — T h e Religion o f Shinran Sbduin—T h e Buddha and Shmran— In Buddhist Temple*, I I I . Higashi Hongwanji, and Funeral Ceremony o f the Late Abbot o f Higashi H ontw anji— Shinran Revival o f the Last Year

Volume Three

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V im *h k iru,_{i Discourse on Emancipation (cont.}—A Comparative Index to the Samyutta-Nikaya and the Samyufta-Agsma}

No. 3 T h e Teaching o f the Shin-aba and the Religious L ife — Buddhism and M oral W orld-order—Zen Buddhism on I m ­ mortality (Extract from T h e H rH g o s M h -V im a la k irti’s Discourse on Emancipation (cent.)— T h e Ruined Temples of Kamakura, I I . N id riren and Kamakura— A Comparative Index to the Sam yutta-Nikayi and the Samyutta-Agama (cunt.) N o. 4 Development o f the Pure Land Doctrine in Buddhism— T h e Teaching o f S dkyam m d-V im alakirti'r Discourse oo

Emancipation (cont.)—A Comparative Index to the Sam yutta-Nikiya and Samyutta-Agxma (concluded)

Volume Four

N o. I T h e Secret Mesaage of B odhP D ham a— A Discussion o f the Origin o f Mahayana Buddhism— Vimalakirti** Discourse on Emancipation (c o o L y -N ig iriu n a ’s M a A i/d -a -m w a la

N o . x Zen and Jfido, T w o T y p e * o f Buddhist Experience— T h e Buddhist Doctrine o f Vicarious Suffering— T h e Quest of Historic Sfkyamuni in Western Scholarship- NAgAritma’s AfaAOAsa-ateuaH (An English Translation with Notes}— Vimalakirti’a Discourse on Emancipation (cont.)

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Volume Five

N o . 1 A n Introduction to the Study o f the LanM vM dra Sdtra— A Study in the Pure Land Doctrine, as Interpreted by Sh&kfi,

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Volume Six

N o . 1 Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism, o r the Rodhtsarrva Ideal and the $ravaka-idcal, as Distinguished in the Opening Chapter o f the G o d a v y iA o —T h e Pure Land Doctrine as Illustrated in the “ Phin-w ood" Nembutsu by Sh&kQ— T h e Temples o f Kamakura, I V — T h e GAthA Portion o f the DateHdswAa— In Buddhist Temples, V I. Mybshinji

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Buddhismns in vor v ™ — - M in g , octet d n e r Bctrachtung fiber der Ursprung und die Bedeutung d a “ Chin-jcn"—

In Buddhist Temptea; X . Honkokuji; X I . Honndji

Volume Seven

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Volume Eight

N o . 1 Rennyo Sbtam — Rennyo S h ta in , tbe Great Teacher o f Shin Buddhism— Buddhism and Educatiou

N o . 3 T b e Mybkdnin— Shin ReKpoa a I Believe it—Goodness and N a a n ln e a

N o . 3 A Study o f Translatorshtp o f the W » Kiutg ttee rte'ng Fs-tAao Pure Land Document o f the

T ru th fu l Doctrine, W ork, and Attainment— A Discussion between One and Zero

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