Matsumoto, S.

Matsumoto, S. on the DRL

Authors of Japanese Works • Ordained (Monks and Nuns) • Zen Buddhist Teachers • Professors

English Phonetics	Matsumoto Shirō

Dates

Birth:	1950

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Rab Jyung

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Rab Jyung

About

Primary Language:	Japanese

Primary Affiliation (Workplace)

Komazawa University

Religious Affiliation

Sōtō Zen

Biographical Information

Matsumoto Shirõ is Professor in the Faculty of Buddhism at Komazawa University. His publications (in Japanese) include Pratītyasamutpāda and Emptiness (Daizõ Shuppan, 1989), The Path to Buddhism (Tõkyõ Shoseki, 1993), and Critical Studies on Zen Thought (Daizõ Shuppan, 1994). Along with Hakamaya Noriaki, he is associated with what has come to be known as "Critical Buddhism."

Publications

For a substantial list of Matsumoto Shirō's publications, see Hubbard, Jamie, and Paul L. Swanson. Pruning the Bodhi Tree: The Storm Over Critical Buddhism. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1997.

Links

Wiki Pages

• Matsumoto, S. on the DRL
• Matsumoto, S. on the BNW

Buddha Nature Project

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All beings have Buddha-nature
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If "Qualified", explain:
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Which Wheel Turning
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Yogācāra vs Madhyamaka
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Zhentong vs Rangtong
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Promotes how many vehicles?
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Analytic vs Meditative Tradition
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What is Buddha-nature?
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Svātantrika (རང་རྒྱུད་) vs Prāsaṅgika (ཐལ་འགྱུར་པ་)
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Causal nature of the vajrapāda
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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).

Along with Yogācāra, it is one of the two major philosophical schools of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Founded by Nāgārjuna around the second century CE, it is rooted in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, though its initial exposition was presented in Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.

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.

Tsen Khawoche's "meditative tradition" of exegesis of the Uttaratantra; it is one of two major Tibetan traditions of exegesis, both stemming from students of Sajjana.