Cultivating Spirituality: A Modern Shin Buddhist Anthology

Foreword

Cultivating Spirituality A Modern Shin Buddhist Anthology edited by Mark L. Blum and Robert F. Rhodes This publication has been supported by the Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute at Otani University. Cover art from the journal, Seishinkai, volume 11, no. 1, January 1911. Published by State University of New York Press, Albany© 2011 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Production by Diane Ganeles Marketing by Michael Campochiaro Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Blum, Mark Laurence. Cultivating spirituality : a modern Shin Buddhist anthology / Mark L. Blum and Robert F. Rhodes. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4384-3981-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Shin (Sect) 2. Religious life—Shin (Sect) 3. Pure Land Buddhism. 4. Japan—Religion. I. Rhodes, Robert Franklin. II. Title. III. Title: Modern Shin Buddhist anthology. BQ8715.4.B58 2011 294.3'440952--dc22 2011009764 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Foreword vii Yasutomi Shin’ya Abbreviations xi Chapter 1 Shin Buddhism in the Meiji Period 1 Mark L. Blum Kiyozawa Manshi Chapter 2 Kiyozawa Manshi: Life and Thought 55 Mark L. Blum Chapter 3 Why Do Buddhists Lack Self-Respect? 67 Kiyozawa Manshi translated by Mark L. Blum Chapter 4 Negotiating Religious Morality and Common Morality 77 Kiyozawa Manshi translated by Mark L. Blum Chapter 5 The Nature of My Faith 93 Kiyozawa Manshi translated by Mark L. Blum Soga Ryōjin Chapter 6 Soga Ryøjin: Life and Thought 101 Robert F. Rhodes vi CONTENTS Chapter 7 A Savior on Earth: The Meaning of Dharmåkara Bodhisattva’s Advent 107 Soga Ryøjin translated by Jan Van Bragt Chapter 8 Shinran’s View of Buddhist History 119 Soga Ryøjin translated by Jan Van Bragt Chapter 9 Lectures on the Tannishø 139 Soga Ryøjin translated by Jan Van Bragt Kaneko Daiei Chapter 10 Kaneko Daiei: Life and Thought 159 Robert F. Rhodes Chapter 11 Prolegomena to Shin Buddhist Studies 173 Kaneko Daiei translated by Robert F. Rhodes Yasuda Rijin Chapter 12 Yasuda Rijin: Life and Thought 217 Paul Watt Chapter 13 The Practical Understanding of Buddhism 227 Yasuda Rijin translated by Paul Watt Chapter 14 The Mirror of Nothingness 233 Yasuda Rijin translated by Paul Watt Chapter 15 A Name but Not a Name Alone 239 Yasuda Rijin translated by Paul Watt Combined Glossary 267 Bibliography 279 Index 299 ...