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J1881.20 --- J1809 --- J5511 --- Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- Zen -- Sōtō --- Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- theory, methodology and philosophy --- Japan: Literature -- collections, series and anthologies -- premodern, earliest to Edo ( -1868)

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Nichiren (Sect) --- Doctrines --- J1882 --- J1809 --- J1800.40 --- Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- Nichiren --- Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- theory, methodology and philosophy --- Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- history -- Kamakura period, Yoshino (1185-1392) and Chūsei in general (1185-1600)

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Philosophy challenges our assumptions-especially when it comes to us from another culture. In exploring Japanese philosophy, a dependable guide is essential. The present volume, written by a renowned authority on the subject, offers readers a historical survey of Japanese thought that is both comprehensive and comprehensible. Adhering to the Japanese philosophical tradition of highlighting engagement over detachment, Thomas Kasulis invites us to think with, as well as about, the Japanese masters by offering ample examples, innovative analogies, thought experiments, and jargon-free explanations. He assumes little previous knowledge and addresses themes-aesthetics, ethics, the samurai code, politics, among others-not in a vacuum but within the conditions of Japan's cultural and intellectual history. For readers new to Japanese studies, he provides a simplified guide to pronouncing Japanese and a separate discussion of the language and how its syntax, orthography, and linguistic layers can serve the philosophical purposes of a skilled writer and subtle thinker. For those familiar with the Japanese cultural tradition but less so with philosophy, Kasulis clarifies philosophical expressions and problems, Western as well as Japanese, as they arise. Half of the book's chapters are devoted to seven major thinkers who collectively represent the full range of Japan's historical epochs and philosophical traditions: Kukai, Shinran, Dogen, Ogyu Sorai, Motoori Norinaga, Nishida Kitaro, and Watsuji Tetsuro. Nuanced details and analyses enable an engaged understanding of Japanese Buddhism, Confucianism, Shinto, and modern academic philosophy. Other chapters supply social and cultural background, including brief discussions of nearly a hundred other philosophical writers. (For additional information, cross references to material in the companion volume Japanese Philosophy: A Sourcebook are included.) In his closing chapter Kasulis reflects on lessons from Japanese philosophy that enhance our understanding of philosophy itself. He reminds us that philosophy in its original sense means loving wisdom, not studying ideas. In that regard, a renewed appreciation of engaged knowing can play a critical role in the revitalization of philosophy in the West as well as the East.

Philosophy, Japanese --- History --- Philosophie. --- Philosophy, Japanese. --- History. --- Japan. --- J1008 --- J1000 --- J1809 --- Japan: Philosophy -- history and biography --- Japan: Philosophy --- Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- theory, methodology and philosophy --- Japan: Philosophy -- history --- History of philosophy --- Japan

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Rainer Schulzer provides the first comprehensive study, in English, of the modern Japanese philosopher Inoue Enryō (1858–1919). Enryō was a key figure in several important intellectual trends in Meiji Japan, including the establishment of academic philosophy, the public campaign against superstition, the permeation of imperial ideology, and the emergence of modern Japanese Buddhism. As one of the most widely read intellectuals of his time and one of the first Japanese authors ever translated into Chinese, an understanding of Enryō's work and influence is indispensable for understanding modern East Asian intellectual history. His role in spreading the terminology of modern East Asian humanities reveals how later thinkers such as Nishida Kitarō and Suzuki T. Daisetsu emerged; while his key principles, Love of Truth and Protection of Country, illustrate the tensions inherent in Enryō's enlightenment views and his dedication to the rise of the Japanese empire. The book also presents a systematic reconstruction of what was the first attempt to give Buddhism a sound philosophical foundation for the modern world.

Inoue, Enryō, --- Jingshang, Yuanliao, --- 井上圓了, --- 井上円了, --- J1570 --- J1809 --- J2284.70 --- Japan: Philosophy -- individual philosophers -- Kindai (1850s-1945), Bakumatsu, Meiji and Taishō --- Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- theory, methodology and philosophy --- Japan: Genealogy and biography -- biographies -- kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, meiji, taishō

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Dôgen, issu d'une famille de l'aristocratie de Kyoto, vécut dans un Japon désuni, partagé entre deux capitales, la capitale impériale, Kyoto, gardienne des traditions, et Kamakura, siège du shogunat, le gouvernement féodal. La même époque, dite de Kamakura (1135-1333), austère, sombre, de fortes tensions, fut celle d'un éclatement du monde bouddhique entre écoles traditionnelles et écoles nouvelles, dont celle du zen.Nourri de culture chinoise et japonaise, armé de la réussite de sa période de formation dans la Chine des Song (alors considérée comme l'âge d'or des arts de la Chine et du zen (chan en chinois)), Dôgen revient au Japon avec pour mission d'y établir une base solide pour le zen, ce qui lui vaut d'être considéré comme l'un des fondateurs les plus illustres. Cette lumière est l'un des fascicules de l'oeuvre maîtresse de Dôgen, le Shôbôgenzô, qui réunit les discours adressés à ses élèves.Entré dans sa quarantième année, il compose ceux qui sont constituent le coeur philosophique de son oeuvre. La traduction ici proposée fait suite aux traductions déjà proposées par Charles Vacher, les plus récentes étant Je suis temps et En rêve, dire le rêve. Cette lumière, insaisissable par l'intellect, insubstantielle, immense et indivise, habite tous les êtres, tout ce qui existe. Et, c'est seulement par sa réflexion sur la nature de l'esprit, dans l'exercice de la méditation assise, autrement dit par la pratique de soi, que l'homme peut y accéder et ainsi s'éveiller à la réalité, lumineuse, fluide, luxuriante qui est celle du monde qui l'entoure.Dans ses traductions, Charles Vacher s'applique à transmettre avec clarté la profondeur de l'enseignement de Dôgen. Pour cela, il est appelé à résoudre les différences entre, d'une part, la langue japonaise de l'époque et l'inventivité linguistique de Dôgen, et, d'autre part, une langue française moderne où il vise la simplicité et l'exactitude. Afin d'en restituer la profondeur, ne serait-ce que pour réduire l'écart qui sépare les connaissances bouddhiques des élèves de Dôgen et celles de lecteurs moins avertis, il joint à sa traduction un précieux appareil critique, comprenant préface, introduction, commentaires, notes, citations, appendices.

J1881.20 --- J1809 --- J1800.40 --- Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- Zen -- Sōtō --- Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- theory, methodology and philosophy --- Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- history -- Kamakura period, Yoshino (1185-1392) and Chūsei in general (1185-1600)