Tamura, Y.

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Yoshiro Tamura

English Phonetics	Yoshiro Tamura
Sort Name	Tamura, Yoshiro

Dates

Birth:	1921
Death:	1989

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

About

Primary Language:	Japanese

Biographical Information

Yoshiro Tamura (1921-1989) was a well-regarded scholar of Japanese Buddhism, known particularly for his study of the Lotus Sūtra and the traditions that developed around it and the person of Nichiren in Japan. (Source Accessed October 17, 2019)

Publications

• Kamakura Shinbukkyo Shiso no Kenkyu, Kyoto: Heirakuji Shoten, 1965. (『鎌倉新仏教思

想の研究』, 京都:平楽寺書店, 1965 年)

• “Tendai Hongaku Shiso Gaisetsu,” (Tada et al. ed.) Nihon Shiso Taikei (9) Tendai Hongaku

Ron, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1973, pp. 477-548. (「天台本覚思想概説」, 『日本思想 体系<9>天台本覚論』(多田厚隆他編, 岩波書店, 1973 年), pp. 477-548, 1973 年)

Links

Wiki Pages

• Tamura, Y. on the DRL
• Tamura, Y. on the LIB
• Tamura, Y. on the BNW

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Refers to something that is taught for a specific reason, rather than because it is entirely true.

Along with Madhyamaka, it was one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Asaṅga and Vasubandhu around the fourth century CE, many of its central tenets have roots in the Saṃdhinirmocanasūtra and the so-called third turning of the dharma wheel (see tridharmacakrapravartana).

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The state of being devoid of that which is wholly different rather than being void of its own nature. The term is generally used to refer to the ultimate, or buddha-nature, being empty of other phenomena such as adventitious defiling emotions but not empty of its true nature.

The state of being empty of self, which references the lack of inherent existence in relative phenomena.

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