Japanese Philosophy: A Sourcebook

Index

1305 Thematic Index The Thematic Index invites us to explore topics in Japanese philosophy without privileging western philosophical categories. For example, the diagram of its organization below shows no discrete self apart from the world because most Japanese philosophers consider the two to be abstractions from a single continuous reality. From that starting point, they typically recognize two ways to engage that reality: through expression and comprehension. Just as the potter and the geologist engage clay in sophisticated but dramatically different ways, Japanese ethics requires both artistic responsiveness and epistemic analysis to do justice to the fullness of the communal world. In dealing with these issues, each of the principal philosophical traditions of Japan seeks to encompass the entire dynamic represented in the diagram. To further explore these topics in their own vocabulary, the Thematic Index includes related items from the Glossary. The Glossary lists all page references where the terms in question can be found. Comprehending reality Studying Knowing Reality The Human The World Expressing reality Language The Arts The communal world Religious/Philosophical Political/Economic Ethical Social Historical The traditions Shinto Buddhist Confucian 1306 | t h e m at i c i n d e x 1306 | t h e m at i c i n d e x 128–32, 543–6, 692–6, 702–5, 816–21, 859–69, 973–8, 979–92, 1140–3, 1238–42 92–103, 163–71, 211–12, 250–1, 312–13, 343–4, 364, 401–4, 433–5, 688–91 127–32, 144–5, 178–82, 270–2, 278–9, 817–19, 913–19, 1053–8, 1133 867–8, 1005–8, 1123–5, 1140–4, 1149–50, 1155–7, 1243–4 270–1, 678, 804, 812, 981, 1233–4, 1243 59–61, 125–7, 172–7, 816–19, 943–8, 954–5, 1122–6, 1182–3, 1235–8 60, 104–9, 112–16, 181–2, 190–4, 202–3, 298–9, 353–4, 1211–12 65, 174, 176, 191–2, 812, 1122–5, 1157–8 320, 1122–5, 1135–6, 1150 172–7, 183–9, 270–2, 1105–7, 1234–42 449–50, 462–3, 510–22, 526–7, 910–12 125–7, 215–18, 647–9, 822–5, 856–9, 953–5, 958–72, 1047–52 69–70, 172–7, 191, 222–4, 721–8, 882–5, 1080–2 143–4, 298–9, 344–5, 355–6, 371–3, 403– 4, 436–40, 503–8, 538, 785–91, 1138–40, 1169–71, 1174–6, 1176–7, 1238–9 78, 250–1, 311–12, 355–7, 370–3, 785–91 65, 275–6, 309, 315–6, 341, 353, 397, 525, 808–10, 812, 828, 851–5, 1054–5, 1124–5, 1143, 1146–7, 1150–8 370–3, 631–5, 699–701, 820, 1176–7 The Meaning of being human Defining personhood Human nature, original nature, buddha-nature Ego, no-self Personal identity Autonomy Body-mind Mind Sex Motherhood Death Afterlife, yomi The Dynamics of the human Experience Experience and nothingness Thinking, feeling Emotions, passions, defilements Love Happiness Reality: the human glossary: birth-and-death, body-mind, buddha-mind, buddha-nature, five relations, kata, original enlightenment, other-power, self-nature, self-power, temperament, tathāgatagarbha, unborn, yomi t h e m at i c i n d e x | 1307 11, 195–9, 253–4, 548, 658–9, 673–4 178–82, 280–5, 647–59, 919–21, 952–7, 973–8, 1220–24 127–32, 278–9, 280–5, 664–7, 702–5, 879–80, 1126–36, 1131–5, 1149–50 110–12, 273–5, 612–15, 702–3, 856–9, 900–1, 904–6, 913–19, 952–6, 958–72, 973–8, 979–92, 1080–2, 1127, 1220–5 218, 374, 575–6, 621, 648–9, 657–8, 665, 674–7, 693–4, 707, 735, 793–4, 875–6, 883–4, 888–9 Will, personal agency Consciousness Self-awareness Subjectivity, objectivity Intuition glossary: mean, mind, no-mind, nothingness, temperament, thought–moment 8–9, 12–13, 23, 120–4, 127–9, 151–60, 441–6, 746–9, 890–4 148–51, 808–15, 936–9, 958–72, 1192–3 659–62, 808–14, 1199–2000 63–4, 96, 103, 618, 624, 834–49, 1214 110–16, 295, 425–8, 623–7, 623–7 127–32, 225–6, 733–7, 750–64, 946–51, 1236–8 295–6, 341–2, 358, 389–92, 400–1, 413– 15, 438–9...