Watanabe, Shogo

Watanabe, Shogo on the DRL

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Shogo Watanabe

English Phonetics	Shogo Watanabe
Sort Name	Watanabe, Shogo

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

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Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

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Rab Jyung

About

Biographical Information

Shogo Watanabe is Professor in the Department of Eastern Philosophy and Culture, Faculty of Letters, at Toyo University in Japan. His Research interests include Indian Buddhism, early Mahayana Buddhism, the Prajnaparamita Sutras, and Mahayana Buddhism. (Source Accessed Aug 18, 2021)

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A class of Mahāyāna sūtras which represents some of the earliest known literature of this genre of Buddhism. There are around forty texts associated with this category, though the most widespread is the exceedingly brief Prajñāpāramitāhṛdayasūtra, popularly known as the Heart Sūtra. This class of literature is typically associated with the second turning of the dharma wheel and especially with the teachings on emptiness (śūnyatā). As such, these texts were the primary scriptural source for the philosophy of the Madhyamaka school.