TY - CHAP
T1 - Hisamatsu Shin'ichi: Oriental Nothingness
AU - van der Braak, A.F.M.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - HISAMATSU Shin’ichi 久松 真一 (1889–1980) was a well-known Zen philosopher and Zen Buddhist scholar. As a student of NISHIDA Kitarō 西田幾多郎 (1870–1945), and a teacher of ABE Masao (1915–2006), he can be seen as loosely connected to the Kyoto School. However, although he was a professor at Kyoto University and received an honorary doctoral degree from Harvard University, Hisamatsu has primarily become known in the West as a charismatic lay Zen master, who criticized Japanese Zen for its focus on awakening (J. satori 悟り) at the expense of consideration of social and political issues. His aim was to come to a reformed, true Zen. This essay will explore his life and philosophy.
AB - HISAMATSU Shin’ichi 久松 真一 (1889–1980) was a well-known Zen philosopher and Zen Buddhist scholar. As a student of NISHIDA Kitarō 西田幾多郎 (1870–1945), and a teacher of ABE Masao (1915–2006), he can be seen as loosely connected to the Kyoto School. However, although he was a professor at Kyoto University and received an honorary doctoral degree from Harvard University, Hisamatsu has primarily become known in the West as a charismatic lay Zen master, who criticized Japanese Zen for its focus on awakening (J. satori 悟り) at the expense of consideration of social and political issues. His aim was to come to a reformed, true Zen. This essay will explore his life and philosophy.
KW - Buddhism
KW - Zen
KW - Hisamatsu
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85103753041
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U2 - 10.1007/978-90-481-2924-9_28
DO - 10.1007/978-90-481-2924-9_28
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789048129232
SN - 9789048129256
T3 - Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy
SP - 635
EP - 647
BT - The Dao Companion to Japanese Buddhist Philosophy
A2 - Kopf, G.
PB - Springer Press
CY - Dordrecht
ER -