02649oam 22005174a 450 991077789740332120230922234124.00-7914-8159-X1-4294-1736-6(CKB)1000000000468041(OCoLC)77115540(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579137(SSID)ssj0000214515(PQKBManifestationID)11202375(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000214515(PQKBWorkID)10157087(PQKB)11501543(MiAaPQ)EBC3407714(MdBmJHUP)muse6424(EXLCZ)99100000000046804120060201h20062006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOn Buddhism /Keiji Nishitani ; translated by Seisaku Yamamoto and Robert E. Carter ; introduction by Robert E. Carter ; forward by Jan Van BragtAlbany :State University of New York Press,2006.©20061 online resource (xi, 175 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-6785-6 Includes bibliographical references and index."On Buddhism presents the first English-language translation of a series of lectures by Keiji Nishitani (1900-1990), a major Buddhist thinker and a key figure in the Kyoto School of Japanese philosophy. Originally delivered in the early 1970s, these lectures focus on the transformation of culture in the modern age and the subsequent decline in the importance of the family and religion. Nishitani's concern is that modernity, with its individualism, materialism, and contractual ethics, is an insufficient basis for human relationships. With deep insight into both Buddhism and Christianity, he explores such issues as the nature of genuine human existence, the major role of conscience in our advance to authenticity, and the needed transformation of religion. Nishitani criticizes contemporary Buddhism for being too esoteric and asks that it "come down from Mt. Hiei" to reestablish itself as a vital source of worthy ideals and to point toward a way of remaining human even in a modern and postmodern world."--JacketBuddhismBuddhism.294.3Nishitani Keiji1900-1990.268791Carter Robert Edgar1937-187915Yamamoto Seisaku1929-1474066MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910777897403321On Buddhism3687506UNINA