Budda no fukuin : the deployment of Paul CarusÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s Gospel of Buddha in Meiji Japan

Judith Snodgrass

Budda no fukuin : the deployment of Paul CarusÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s Gospel of Buddha in Meiji Japan

Judith Snodgrass

School of Arts

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Why did the Rinzai Zen abbot Shaku SÃƒÆ’Ã†'Ãƒ"šÃ‚Âµen publish a Japanese translation of the life of the Buddha that had been written by an American philosopher to promote Christian monism? In seeking to answer this question, this paper examines first Paul CarusÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s mission to overcome the perceived conflict between Christianity and science in the late nineteenth century. It then considers how his introduction to Mahayana Buddhism through the delegation of Japanese priests to the WorldÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s Parliament of Religions, Chicago 1893, resulted in a book that aimed to popularize his vision. Finally, it positions the translation of this book (Budda no fukuin) in the discursive contexts of Meiji Japan for the ideological future of the modern nation to show how it served the aims of the Meiji Buddhist revival.

Original language	English
Number of pages	26
Journal	Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
Publication status	Published - 1998

Keywords

Buddhism
Buddhist renewal
Carus, Paul, 1852-1919. Gospel of Buddha
Japan
Meiji Restoration
Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro, 1870-1966. Buddha no Fukuin

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Budda no fukuin : the deployment of Paul CarusÃƒÂ¢Ã¢"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s Gospel of Buddha in Meiji Japan

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