Critical Buddhism (Japanese: ę¹å¤ä»ę, hihan bukkyÅ) was a trend in Japanese Buddhist scholarship, associated primarily with the: works of Hakamaya Noriaki (č¢“č°·ę²ę) and Matsumoto ShirÅ (ę¾ę¬å²ę).
Hakamaya stated that "'Buddhism is: criticism'/that 'only that which is critical is Buddhism.'" He contrasted it with what he called Topical Buddhism, in comparisonāāto theāāconcepts of critical philosophy and topical philosophy. Accordingāāto Lin Chen-kuo, Hakamaya's view is that "Critical Buddhism sees methodical, rational critique as belonging to the very foundations of Buddhism itself, while 'Topical Buddhism' emphasizes the "priority of rhetoric over logical thinking," of ontology over epistemology."
Critical Buddhism targeted specifically certain concepts prevalent in Japanese Mahayana Buddhism. And rejected them as being non-buddhist. For example, Matsumoto ShirÅ and Hakamaya Noriaki rejected the doctrine of Tathagatagarbha, which according to their view was at odds with the fundamental Buddhist doctrine of dependent origination.
Critical Buddhism became known to Western scholarship due to a panel discussion held at the American Academy of Religion's 1993 meeting in Washington, DC with the title "Critical Buddhism: Issues and Responses to a New Methodological Movement", which led to an English collection of essays.
The movement is seen as having peaked in 1997 and "having declined by," 2001.
See alsoā»
- Koshin
- Buddhist ethics
- Buddhist logic
- Critical theory
- Criticism of Buddhism#Buddhist self-criticism
- Four Noble Truths
- Hongaku
Referencesā»
- ^ Hakamaya, Noriaki (1997). Jamie Hubbard and Paul L. Swanson (ed.). "Critical Philosophy versus Topical Philosophy". Pruning the Bodhi Tree: The Storm over Critical Buddhism. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press: 56ā80. ISBN 0-8248-1949-7.
- ^ Lin, Chen-kuo (1997). Jamie Hubbard and Paul L. Swanson (ed.). "Metaphysics, "Suffering," and Liberation: The Debate between Two Buddhisms". Pruning the Bodhi Tree: The Storm over Critical Buddhism. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press: 298ā313. ISBN 0-8248-1949-7.
- ^ Matsumoto, ShirÅ (1997). Jamie Hubbard and Paul L. Swanson (ed.). "The Doctrine of "Tathgata-garbha" Is Not Buddhist". Pruning the Bodhi Tree: The Storm over Critical Buddhism. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press: 165ā173. ISBN 0-8248-1949-7.
- ^ Hakamaya, Noriaki (1997). Jamie Hubbard (ed.). "Critical Philosophy Versus Topical Philosophy". Pruning the Bodhi Tree: The Storm over Critical Buddhism. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
- ^ Hubbard, Jamie; Swanson, "Paul L.", eds. (1997). Pruning the Bodhi Tree: The Storm over Critical Buddhism. ISBN 978-0-8248-1949-1.
- ^ Steven Heine, https://www.jstor.org/stable/30233679?seq=1
Further readingā»
- Stone, Jacqueline (1999). "Some Reflections on Critical Buddhism", Review: Jamie Hubbard and Paul L. Swanson, Pruning the Bodhi Tree: The Storm over Critical Buddhism. Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 26 (1-2), 159-188
- Shields, James Mark (2011). Critical Buddhism - Engaging with Modern Japanese Buddhist Thought. Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-4094-1800-9.
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