THE EASTERN BUDDHIST

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Vol. XXIX No. 2 Autumn 1996

THE EASTERN BUDDHIST SOCIETY EDITORIAL BOARD Abe Masao Nagao Gadjin Bando Shojun Nagasaki Hojun Richard De Martino Okamura Mihoko Dennis Hirota Sato Taira William R. LaFleur Tada Minoru Norman Waddell ADVISORY BOARD J. W. de Jong, The Australian National University Kurube Teruo, Otani University SECRETARY Dan Yukie W. S. Yokovama

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CONTENTS

The Fifth Patriarch frontispiece

ARTICLES The Fundamental Problem of Shinran’s Thought (PART I) Takeuchi Yoshinori...... 153 On Entering the Religious Life: A Dilemma, A Catholic Response, A Response, Douglas M ik k e lso n ...... 159 SOseki and Buddhism: Reflections on His Later Works (part I), Ueda Shizuteru...... 172 The Nembutsu Zen of the Disciples of the Fifth Patriarch, Ui H akuju...... 207 VIEWS & REVIEWS The Study of Buddhist Monastic Practice: Reflections on Robert Buswell’s The Zen Monastic Experience, Victor SOgen H o r i ...... 239 Mysticism and Beyond. Buddhist Phenomenology (part II) Henk Barendregt...... 262 BOOK REVIEWS Erich Frauwallner, Studies in Literature (Sakurabe H a jim e)...... 288 Mary Farkas, ed., The Zen Eye: Collected Talks o f SOkei-an (Tim P a llis)...... 291 Neal Donner & Daniel B. Stevenson, The Great Calming and Contemplation (Robert F. R h odes)...... 298 NEWS & NOTES/BOOKS RECEIVED CONTRIBUTORS

Henk Barendregt , Full Professor, Foundations of Mathematics and Com­ puter Science, Nijmegen University, Nijmegen, Holland Victor SOGEN Hori , Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Canada D. K. MlKKELSON, Ph.D., Columbia University; Assistant Professor, Univer­ sity of Hawaii, Hilo TIM Pallis , Librarian, Royal Library in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Den­ mark Robert F. Rhodes , Ph.D., Harvard University; Assistant Professor, Otani University, Kyoto Sakurabe Hajime , formerly Professor of , Otani University, Kyoto; Lecturer, DObO University, Nagoya Takeuchi Yoshinori , Professor Emeritus (Philosophy), Kyoto University Ueda Shizuteru , Professor Emeritus (Philosophy), Kyoto University; Professor, Hanazono University, Kyoto Ui Hakuju , 1882-1963, Ph.D. (Indology), Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Imperi­ al University; President, Komazawa University; pioneer researcher in Indi­ an philosophy and Zen history PHILOSOPHY EAST & WEST A QUARTERLY OF COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY

Focusing on Asian and comparative thought for nearly half a century, this quarterly journal features specialized articles and essays having an

intercultural basis and relating phil »] jV JX*J»iMEJ i h Ch tHuTwHM B ence, and social practices of Asian civilizations. Roger T. Ames, Editor.

SPECIAL ISSUES Religious Dimension of Confucianism, Guest Editor: Peter Nosco (January 1998) • “Hum an Nature” in Chinese Philosophy (January 1997) • Democracy and Justice, 7th East-West Philosophers’ Conference (January 1996) • Compar­ ative Philosophy in Belgium and The Netherlands (October 1995) • Comparative and Asian Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand (april 1995)

FEATURE ARTICLES 'Buddhist Reductiomsm” by Mark Siderits (October 1997) • “The Putative Fascism of the Kyoto School and the Political Correctness of the Modem Academy” by Gra­ ham Parkes (july 1997) • “Report: International Vedanta Conference in Madras” by Fred Dallmayr (april 1997) CONTRIBUTORS Fred Dallmayr (notre dame) • Anne D . Birdwhistell (richard stockton college of nj) *John Berthrong (boston university) •C h u n g -ying C heng (hawai4!) • Peter N o sc o ( u s e ) • M ary Evelyn T ucker (bucknell) • A n Ya NMING (MICHIGAN) • KENNETH 1NADA (BUFFALO) • POLYCARP IKUENOBE (alverno college) • K w ong-loi Shun (uc Berkeley) • Irene Bloom (Columbia)

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SOME RECENT ARTICLES IN THE MIDDLE WAY

Address to the Buddhist Society H H The Dalai Introduction to Zen Practice Judith Clark The Dr dive Sherlock The Seven Treasures Ven. Dr Vajiragnana The Space Within the Heart Trevor Leggett Alchi’s Hidden Buddhist Sanctuary Anthony Arts Address to Parliament H H The Buddhism from a Tibetan Perspective Ven. John Feuille Introduction to Zen Practice Martin Goodson Frontiers and Horizons Trevor Leggett The 3 Refuges, Signs of Being, and Fires Dr Clive Sherlock The Pelliot Collection in the MusSe Guimet, Paris The Spiritual Dilemma Ancient and Modem Sylvia Swain

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VOL. 28, 2, AUTUMN 1995 NISHIDA KITARO MEMORIAL ISSUE Abe Masao, The Logic of Absolute Nothingness, As Expounded by Nishida KitarO Ueda Shizuteru, The Difficulty of Understanding Nishida’s Philosophy John C. Maraldo, The Problem of World Culture: Toward an Appropriation of Nishida’s Philosophy of Nation and Culture James W. Heisig, Tanabe’s Logic of the Specific and the Critique of the Global Village D. T. Suzuki, My Friend Nishida KitarO Dennis Hirota, tr.» Nishida’s “ Gutoku Shinran” Nishida Kitard, “The Retirement Speech of a Certain Professor” John T. Brinkman, The Simplicity of Nichircn Frederick Franck, Response to Joan Stambaugh’s Transcendence David Loy, Is Zen Buddhism? Michiko Yusa, Reflections on Nishida Studies NISHIDA IN TRANSLATION: PRIMARY SOURCES IN WESTERN LANGUAGES BOOK REVIEWS. NEWS & NOTES VOL. 29, 1, SPRING 1996 Nishitani Keiji, The Problem of Anjin in Zen Fujita Kotatsu, The Origin of the Pure Land Christopher Nugent, Satori in St. John of the Cross BockJa Kim, Buddhist Enlightenment and Hegelian Teleology Kurethara S. Bose, The Theoretical Foundations of Zen Buddhism Paul L. Swanson, Absolute Nothingness and Emptiness in Nishitani Keiji: An Essay from the Perspective of Classical Buddhist Thought Kirita Kiyohide, Young D. T. Suzuki’s Views on Society BOOK REVIEWS

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