Background
Abe, Masao was born on February 9, 1915 in Osaka, Japan. Daughter of Yoshio and Risa Tomomatsu. came to the United States, 1980.
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Zen and Comparative Studies: Part Two of a Two-Volume Sequel to Zen and Western Thought
(Zen is not a religion of God, nor a religion of faith. It...)
Zen is not a religion of God, nor a religion of faith. It is a religion of emptiness, a religion of absolute nothingness. However it is not nothingness but dynamically positive, for Zen is based on self-awakening, awakening to the self. In this book, a sequel to "Zen and Western Thought", the author tries to clarify the true meaning of Buddhist emptiness in comparison with Aristotelian notion of substance and Whiteheadron notion of process. He also emphasises that Buddhism completely defies and overcomes dualism, but it is not monistic, but rather nondualistic. What is Nondualism? This is one of the important themes of this book.
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Zen and Western Thought Reprint edition by Masao Abe (1989) Paperback
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(Zen and Western Thought) Author: Masao Abe published on (March, 1989)
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Zen and the Modern World: 3rd Sequel to Zen & Western Thought
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Written by one of Japan's foremost contemporary thinkers and scholars, Zen and Modern Society is the third in a series of essay collections on Zen Buddhism as seen in the context of Western thought. Throughout his career, Masao Abe has articulated the meaning of Zen thought in a uniquely compelling way - at once, true to the original tradition and appropriately relevant to a variety of comparative standpoints, ranging from Biblical Judeo-Christianity to modern existentialism, phenomenology, and postmodernism. As a leading representative of the Kyoto School, which has sought a critical, comparative linking of Eastern and Western thought, Abe has based his approach on constructive, mutually respectful yet critical intellectual interaction and dialogue with some of the leading figures in the West (including Paul Tillich, Hans Kung, and Eugene Borowitz) as well as dozens of colleagues, students, and disciples. Together with the previous volumes, this work examines and exemplifies some key features of Kyoto School thought. While the essays presented here should be read in light of the socio-political criticism that has since been lodged against the Kyoto School and, more particularly, its founder Nishida Kitaro, most of them were written prior to the recent discussions and focus on issues of comparative philosophy and religious thought outside the contours of the debate. This should not, however, limit their approach to the earlier historical context.
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Zen and Western Thought
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A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki Remembered
(Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki was a remarkable man. Throughout h...)
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki was a remarkable man. Throughout his long life he worked untiringly to bring the message of Zen, and Buddhism in general, to the West, and his reputation as a scholar and gifted teacher was internationally recognized. Above and beyond his scholarship, however, Suzuki touched in some special way everyone who met him. He embodied the satori-awakening-that he had experienced while still a young man studying with his own Zen master; his simplicity in the midst of complexity and his utter lack of intellectual snobbery combined to create an extraordinary impression of warmth, yet quiet authority. And indeed, he touched the lives of many-from theologians and philosophers to psychologists, poets, musicians, and artists the world over; thinkers as diverse as Thomas Merton, Paul Tillich, Carl Jung, Erich Fromm, Dr. Hu Shi, Allen Ginsberg, and Bernard Leach-to name a few. A Zen Life: D. T. Suzuki Remembered is a heartfelt tribute to this man. A very personal collection of essays, it provides an intimate view of what Suzuki meant to those who knew him. In the present volume Masao Abe, in collaboration with photographer Francis Haar, brings together some of the many accolades paid to Dr. Suzuki after his death in 1966. Several contributions were written especially for this volume, or appear here for the first time in English; these include the reminiscences of Mihoko Okamura, Suzuki's assistant and traveling companion for many years, as well as autobiographical essays of great interest by Suzuki. Most important, all the pieces, old and new, are now available in this volume for the broader reading public Suzuki deserves. In all the contributions one thing shines through-the sheer presence of D. T. Suzuki. Francis Haar's sensitive photographic portraits, counterpoised to the text, make this book one to treasure if you are already acquainted with Suzuki's life and work and a wonderful place to start
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Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue, Part One of a Two-Volume Sequel to Zen and Western Thought
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The first of a two-part sequel to the award-winning Zen and Western Thought, this book attempts to clarify a Buddhist view of interfaith dialogue from various points of view. The writings in this volume are divided into three parts. Part One focuses on how Buddhism approaches and contributes to interfaith dialogue, that is, how Buddhism represents a methodological model that serves as a basis for the possibility of dialogical exchange. Part Two contains four essays on the relationship between Buddhism and Paul Tillich, the leading modern systematic theologian who drew on mystical sources and was also receptive to Eastern thought in developing his understanding of non-being or negation. Part Three continues a discussion of earlier themes and opens up several new issues, particularly those involving the role of meditation in the East and West and the ethical implications of the Buddhist doctrine of karma in comparison with Christian moral activity. Topics explored include the Buddhist notion of emptiness, liberation, justice, faith, and ethics.
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Zen and Western thought / by Masao Abe ; edited by William R. LaFleur ; foreword by John Hick
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- Zen and Comparative Studies: Part Two of a Two-Volume Sequel to Zen and Western Thought by Masao Abe (1996-03-03)
- Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue: Part one of a two-volume sequel to Zen and Western Thought (Library of Philosophy and Religion) (This book tries to clarify a Buddhist view of interfaith ...)
- Divine Emptiness and Historical Fullness: A Buddhist-Jewish-Christian Conversation With Masao Abe by Masao Abe (1995-09-04)
- Zen and Western Thought (Book by Abe, Masao)
- Zen and Western Thought (Library of Philosophy and Religion)
- Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue: Part one of a two-volume sequel to Zen and Western Thought (Library of Philosophy and Religion) (This book tries to clarify a Buddhist view of interfaith ...)
- Divine Emptiness and Historical Fullness: A Buddhist-Jewish-Christian Conversation With Masao Abe (Divine Emptiness examines Masao Abe's analysis that ...)
- Zen and Comparative Studies: Part Two of a Two-Volume Sequel to Zen and Western Thought (This volume concludes the two-volume sequel to Masao Abe&...)
Masao Abe
Edit ProfileEducation
Shogakushi, Osaka University, 1936. Bungakushi, Kyoto University, 1944. Doctor of Laws, Kyoto University, 1985.
Career
Visiting professor department philosophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, since 1991. Board directors Buddhist-Christian Theological Encounter Meeting, since 1982.
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Zen and the Modern World: 3rd Sequel to Zen & Western Thought
(Written by one of Japan's foremost contemporary thinkers ...)
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Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue, Part One of a Two-Volume Sequel to Zen and Western Thought
( The first of a two-part sequel to the award-winning Zen...)
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Divine Emptiness and Historical Fullness: A Buddhist-Jewish-Christian Conversation With Masao Abe
(Divine Emptiness examines Masao Abe's analysis that links...)
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Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue: Part one of a two-volume sequel to Zen and Western Thought (Library of Philosophy and Religion)
(This book tries to clarify a Buddhist view of interfaith ...)
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Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue: Part one of a two-volume sequel to Zen and Western Thought (Library of Philosophy and Religion)
(This book tries to clarify a Buddhist view of interfaith ...)
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Zen and Comparative Studies: Part Two of a Two-Volume Sequel to Zen and Western Thought
(This volume concludes the two-volume sequel to Masao Abe'...)
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Zen and Comparative Studies: Part Two of a Two-Volume Sequel to Zen and Western Thought
(Zen is not a religion of God, nor a religion of faith. It...)
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A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki Remembered
(Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki was a remarkable man. Throughout h...)
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Zen and Western Thought
(Book by Abe, Masao)
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Zen and Western Thought
(Book by Masao Abe)
- Zen and Comparative Studies: Part Two of a Two-Volume Sequel to Zen and Western Thought by Masao Abe (1996-03-03)
- Divine Emptiness and Historical Fullness: A Buddhist-Jewish-Christian Conversation With Masao Abe by Masao Abe (1995-09-04)
- Zen and Western Thought Reprint edition by Masao Abe (1989) Paperback
- (Zen and Western Thought) Author: Masao Abe published on (March, 1989)
- Zen and Western Thought (Library of Philosophy and Religion)
- Zen and Western thought / by Masao Abe ; edited by William R. LaFleur ; foreword by John Hick
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Zen and the Modern World: 3rd Sequel to Zen & Western Thought
Membership
Fellow Society Arts, Religion and Contemporary Culture. Member International Association History of Religion (vice president 1975-1980), Society Buddhist Christian Studies (board directors since 1989), American Academy Religion, Fetal alcohol syndrome Society (board directors), Japanese Association Religious Studies (trustee), Theta Chi Beta.
Connections
Married Ikuko Abe, October 20, 1979.
