Hara Tanzan and the Japanese Buddhist discovery of “Experience”

Abstract This paper explores the role of Hara Tanzan 原坦山 (1819–1892) in the transformation of Buddhism into an “experiential religion” during the Meiji period. Scholars such as Sharf have argued that this transformation is due to Western influence on figures such as DT Suzuki. Japanese language scho...

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Главный автор: Licha, Stephan 1979- (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2021
В: Journal of Religion in Japan
Год: 2021, Том: 10, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 1-30
Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности):B Tanzan, Hara 1819-1892 / Japan / Мэйдзи / Буддизм (мотив) / Религиозный опыт / Европа (мотив) / Межрелигиозный диалог
Индексация IxTheo:AG Религиозная жизнь
BL Буддизм
KBM Азия
Другие ключевые слова:B Experience
B Buddhism
B Hara Tanzan
B Meiji period
B Science
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Итог:Abstract This paper explores the role of Hara Tanzan 原坦山 (1819–1892) in the transformation of Buddhism into an “experiential religion” during the Meiji period. Scholars such as Sharf have argued that this transformation is due to Western influence on figures such as DT Suzuki. Japanese language scholarship has instead shown that in the early 1900s, the notion of Buddhism as experiential religion was already widespread, considering Tanzan as a predecessor of this discourse. I argue that Tanzan was among the first to discover the importance of “experience” in the confrontation with science, yet interpreted it as an empirical standard for both religious and scientific knowledge. However, Tanzan did not yet establish the separation of science and religion characteristic of the modern understanding of both terms. I conclude that Tanzan was one starting point in a dialectic that is integral to the indigenous genealogy of “religious experience” in Japan.
Объем:30
ISSN:2211-8349
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of Religion in Japan
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22118349-20200001