Essay name: Theravada Buddhist studies in Japan
Author:
Keiko Soda
Affiliation: University of Calcutta / Department of Pali
This essay studies the acceptance of Buddhism in Japanese culture and nature, in light of the concept of “Impermanence�. The history of Japanese Buddhism traces its origins from its introduction through Korea, evolving significantly over various periods.
Chapter 5 - Conclusion
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-: 159 :- 1 Kyōshō Tanaka (1947- ) has been working on
Abhidharma and Theravāda Buddhism.
He is a Professor
of Musashino Womens' Universit, One of his works is
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Shūimonsokuron (Bukkyōgaku, Bukkyōgaku Kenkyūkai, 1979).
Tatsuo Haya (1952. ) is a scholar of the
Society for the study of Tōhō. One of his thesises
in Futatsu no mujō (Two impermanences, IBK, 34(2),
1986).
Hiromichi Hikita (1953- ) is a lecturer of
Aichi Gakuin University. He has been working on
Indian Philosophy and Buddhism. He wrote Yugyōsha-
Bagavata Purana O chushin toshite (Bhāgavata Purāṇa,
Sannyasın-Bhagavata Puraṇa as a central person
Takasaki Jikido Hakase Kanreki Kinen Ronbunshu, A col-
lection of Articles in Honour of Dr. Jikidō Takasaki
at his 60th birthday, 1987).
Kiyotaka Minami (1954- )) has been working on
Theravada Buddhism and Pāli. One of his publications
"A Tradition of the Atthaka-vagga in the age of
early Buddhism" (Sri Saranankara Felicitation, 1988).
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As stated above there were many pioneer
who
scholars, devoted their lives to Theravada Buddhist
studies. And still now many Buddhist scholars are-
engaged in the further studies of the Early Buddhism
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