D. T. Suzuki and the Modern Interpretation of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism

This essay is an examination of the interpretations of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism by D. T. Suzuki (Suzuki Daisetsu Teitarō 鈴木大拙貞太郎, 1870-1966), one of the most influential Buddhist thinkers in Japan and the West during the twentieth century. In the modern period Pure Land Buddhism in Japan underwent a crisis when confronted with Western science, secularism, and materialism. In response to this, D. T. Suzuki and other progressive Japanese Buddhists attempted to articulate new and different interpretations. Among the various schools of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism, Suzuki focused on Shin Buddhism (Jōdo Shinshū 淨土真宗) particularly, founded by the great medieval figure Shinran 親鸞 (1173-1262). Suzuki took themes and concepts from Shin Buddhism and explicated them in ways that would be compatible to modern thinking. Instead of focusing on the traditional other-worldly view of the Pure Land, Suzuki emphasized religious experience of the Pure Land in the present life and realization of the non-dualistic relationship between humans and the Buddha. This essay explores ways that Suzuki applied these interpretations to traditional Pure Land beliefs and practices.

關鍵字

D. T. Suzuki ； Japan ； Pure Land Buddhism ； Shin Buddhism ； modern Japanese Buddhism

並列摘要

本文檢討鈴木大拙（1870-1966）對日本淨土宗的詮釋，他是二十世紀日本和西方最有影響力的佛教思想者之一。現代日本淨土佛教經歷的一次危機是遭遇西方科技、世俗主義、和唯物主義。作為回應，鈴木大拙和一些較積極的日本佛教徒就試圖給予它全新而不同的解釋。在那麼多的日本淨土宗派中，鈴木大拙特地選擇了由中古偉大的親鸞（1173-1262）所創立的淨土真宗（Jōdo Shinshū）。鈴木從真宗借來議題和概念然後用一種與現代思路相契合的方式加以解釋。他注重的是今生對淨土宗教體驗和人與佛陀之間的非二元關係的體證，而不是像傳統淨土宗那樣把重點放在的它方世界的世界觀。本文探討鈴木用於解釋傳統淨土信仰和實踐的方法。

並列關鍵字

鈴木大拙；日本；淨土佛教；淨土真宗；現代日本佛教

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D. T. Suzuki and the Modern Interpretation of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism

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