On Buddhism.On Buddhism Keiji Nishitani State University of New York Press The State University of New York Press (or SUNY Press), founded in 1966, is a university press that is part of State University of New York system. External link
State University Plaza, Albany, NY 12246-0001 0791467864, $16.95 www.sunypress.edu 1-800-666-2211 "On Buddhism" is a compilation of a series of lectures by Keiji Nihitani (1900-1990) who was a major Buddhist scholar and a seminal representative of the Kyoto School The Kyoto School is the name given to the Japanese "philosophical movement centered at Kyoto University that assimilated Western philosophy and religious ideas and used them to reformulate religious and moral insights unique to the East Asian cultural tradition." [1]. of Japanese philosophy Japanese philosophy Conceptual expression of Japanese culture since early 6th century AD. Japanese philosophy is not generally indigenous; Japanese thinkers have always skillfully assimilated alien philosophical categories in developing their own systems. . These lectures were originally delivered in the 1970s. Now expertly translated by the joint efforts of Seisaku Yamamoto (Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Kyoto University Kyoto University (京都大学 Kyōto daigaku , Japan) and Robert E. Carter (Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Trent University
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