Pruning the Boddhi Tree

The Storm Over Critical Buddhism

Jamie Hubbard, Paul L. Swanson

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University of Hawai'i Press
30 July 1997

Buddhism; Bonsai

Series: Nanzan Library of Asian Religion & Culture

What is Buddhism? According to Hakamaya Noriaki and Matsumoto Shiro, the answer lies in neither Ch’an nor Zen; in neither the Kyoto school of philosophy nor the non-duality taught in the Vimalakirti Sutra. Hakamaya contends that “criticism alone is Buddhism.”

This volume introduces and analyzes the ideas of “critical Buddhism” in relation to the targets of its critique and situates those ideas in the context of current discussions of postmodern academic scholarship, the separation of the disinterested scholar and committed religious practitioner, and the place of social activism within the academy.

Essays critical of the received traditions of Buddhist thought—many never before translated—are presented and then countered by the work of respected scholars, both Japanese and Western, who take contrary positions.

Edited by: Jamie Hubbard, Paul L. Swanson
Imprint: University of Hawai'i Press
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 227mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 709g
ISBN: 9780824819491
ISBN 10: 0824819497
Series: Nanzan Library of Asian Religion & Culture
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 30 July 1997
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Further / Higher Education , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul L. Swanson is a Permanent Research Fellow at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, Nanzan University.