A landmark comparative study, this volume analyzes the characteristic thought patterns of four Asian peoples--the Indians, the Chinese, the Japanese, and the Tibetans--as these are revealed in their language, their logic, and their cultural products. Hajime Nakamura focuses particularly on the impact of Buddhism, seeking to clarify the ways in which Buddhism and Indian logic were introduced from India into China, Japan, and Tibet, and how this universal religion and logic has become modifed according to the native characteristics of each people.

The Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples: (Documentary Reference Collections)

Politics & Social Sciences

Nakamura, Hajime

Philosophy

Greenwood Pub Group

A comparative history of ideas

KPI Limited

This revised and expanded edition of a classic work traces the development of the history of philosophy in pre-modern Japan. While many historians take the view that Japanese philosophy only started with the Meiji Restoration and the entrance of Western culture into Japan, Hajime Nakamura demonstrates that there has been a long history of philosophy in Japan prior to the Meiji. Beginning in 592 AD, when Japan first became a centralized state and continuing into the early modern era, this work deals with the important problems and salient feature of Japanese philosophical thought at all stages in its development, dealing with subjects such as the philosophical ideas of the Nara and Heian periods, Japanese medieval thought, the major sects of Buddhism, the way of meditation, controversy between Buddhism and Christianity, modern trends in the Tokugawa period, religion and capitalism, Buddhist influences upon Japanese ways of thinking, and the basic features of Japanese philosophical thought.

A History of the Development of Japanese Thought

History

Natamura

Asia

Routledge

Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples

East-West Center Press

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples: India, China, Tibet, Japan (Revised English Translation) (East-West Center Press)

University of Hawaii Press

Gotama Buddha

Gently used hardcover; Buddhist Books International, 1977; Printed by Kenkyusha Printing Co.

Religion & Spirituality

Buddhism

Buddhist Books Intl

In Gotama Buddha, Professor Hajime Nakamura embarks on a search for the details of the historical Buddha's life.  He conducts an exhaustive analysis of both the oldest, most reliable texts and later biographies of the Buddha that contain mythological material.Carefully sifting these texts to separate facts from embellishments, he constructs a biography that begins with the Indian historical context at the time of Buddha's Birth and takes the reader through all the stages of his life.  Professor Nakamura also compares the oldest Buddhist texts with the earliest Jain and Hindu writings and finds surprising similarities that elucidate the significance of the historical Buddha.  Archeological discoveries and factual elements from Buddhist art support Professor Nakamura's fascinating story.  This is the first of two volumes; The second will be printed at a later date.

This extensively researched and illustrated volume offers Western readers a rare introduction to Buddhism's complex and fascinating views about the structure of the universe. The book begins by clearly explaining classical cosmology, with its symmetrical, India-centered universe and multitudinous heavens and hells, and illuminates the cosmos's relation to the human concerns of karma, transmigration, and enlightenment. It moves on to discuss the Mahayana conception of the universe as a lotus flower containing uncountable realms, each with its own buddha. Then, examining changes in the notions of hell and the gods, the author traces Buddhism's gradual shift from a religion to a mythology. Throughout, treatment of Buddhism's historical, geographical, and doctrinal origins complements detailed cosmological descriptions. Finally, the author shows us how this ancient philosophy resembles the modern scientific view of the cosmos, and how even today it can help us lead more fulfilling lives.

Buddhist Cosmology: Philosophy and Origins

Sadakata, Akira

Kosei Publishing Co

In Gotama Buddha, Professor Hajime Nakamura embarks on a search for the details of the historical Buddha's life. He conducts an exhaustive analysis of both the oldest, most reliable texts and later biographies of the Buddha that contain mythological material. Carefully sifting these texts to separate facts from embellishments, he constructs a biography that begins with the Indian historical context at the time of Buddha's Birth and takes the reader through all the stages of his life. Professor Nakamura also compares the oldest Buddhist texts with the earliest Jain and Hindu writings and finds surprising similarities that elucidate the significance of the historical Buddha. Archeological discoveries and factual elements from Buddhist art support Professor Nakamura's fascinating story. This is the first of two volumes; The second will be printed at a later date.

Gotama Buddha: A Biography Based on the Most Reliable Texts, Vol. 1

This second volume in a two volume set traces the Buddha's final journey from Rajagaha toward his birthplace of Kapilavatthu, detailing the many events of the Buddha's death and discussing the beginnings of his deification.

Gotama Buddha Volume Two: A Biography Based on the Most Reliable Texts

Sekimori, Gaynor

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The Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples: (Documentary Reference Collections)

A comparative history of ideas

A History of the Development of Japanese Thought

Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples

Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples: India, China, Tibet, Japan (Revised English Translation) (East-West Center Press)

Gotama Buddha

Gotama Buddha

Buddhist Cosmology: Philosophy and Origins

Gotama Buddha: A Biography Based on the Most Reliable Texts, Vol. 1

Gotama Buddha Volume Two: A Biography Based on the Most Reliable Texts