Takamaro Shigaraki

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Takamaro Shigaraki ( Japanese 信 楽 峻 麿 Shigaraki Takamaro ; born September 15, 1926 in Hiroshima Prefecture ; † September 26, 2014 in Kure ) was a modern Japanese religious philosopher who developed Buddhism in the direction of Jōdo-Shinshū in the spirit of modern cultural and spiritual currents as well as interpreted under the influence of the evangelical theologian Paul Tillich .

Act

Like his father, Takamaro Shigaraki became a Buddhist priest and abbot of the Hongan temple tradition . He presented an existentialist interpretation of Buddhism and Amitabha Buddhism based on Shinran . In Japan he caused a stir with publications that exposed the involvement of Buddhist institutions and interpreters with the regime and ideology in World War II. Shigaraki was president of Ryūkoku University in Kyoto . Since his retirement as professor of Buddhism, he has headed a Buddhist cultural foundation and taught in his temple near Hiroshima.

The Austrian religious philosopher Volker Zotz , who worked closely with Shigaraki in Japan, also made him known in German. Zotz writes about Shigaraki:

“Shigaraki tries on the one hand to return to Shinran in the interpretation of Buddhism, on the other hand to question the rigid organizational forms of the Jōdo Shinshū from this location. Because of his existentialist interpretation of Shinran, suspected of being heretical, in connection with the role of the Honganji during the Second World War, which he criticized , there was even a trial against him in the religious court of the temple. But his considerable influence on many Buddhologists of the younger generation led him to become rector of the Ryūkoku University in Kyoto, which is associated with the Nishi Honganji . 'Yesterday I was a heretic, today I am the rector of the university,' he once said to me with a smile and added: 'Who knows what will come tomorrow?' "

Shigaraki was subsequently head of the religious court (Kanseikyoku) of the Jōdo-Shinshū Honganji-ha. He was director of the Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai Foundation and was involved in founding the Kōmyōji institution in Vienna.

Works

  • Even the good are redeemed, how much more the bad. The path of the Buddhist master Shinran. Translated and provided with a foreword by Volker Zotz. Kairos Edition , Luxembourg 2004, ISBN 2-9599829-2-4
  • A Life of Awakening. The Heart of the Shin Buddhist Path. Translation by David Matsumoto. Hozokan Publishing, Kyoto, 2005
  • 『浄土 教 に お け る 信 の 研究』 Jōdokyō ni okeru shin no kinkyū (Study of Faith in the Pure Land Buddhism) 1975
  • Gendai shinshū kyōgaku (Present Shin Teachings)
  • 『仏 教 の 生命 観』 Bukkyō no seimeikan (The Buddhist View of Life), Kyoto, 1994
  • 『親 鸞 に お け る 信 の 研究』 Shinran ni okeru shin no kinkyū (Study of Faith in Shinran's Thought), Kyoto, 1995
  • 『親 鸞 と そ の 思想』 Shinran shisō o ikiru (Life from Shinran's Thought), Kyoto, 2003
  • 『親 鸞 に 学 ぶ 人生 の 生 き 方』 Kyoto, 2008

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  1. ↑ Volker Zotz: Foreword in Takamaro Shigaraki: Even the good will be redeemed, how much more the bad, Luxemburg 2004, p. 18
  2. ^ "NOTES AND NEWS IBS PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES 1998-1999" (PDF; 85 kB)
  3. ↑ About Kōmyōji: History - Inspirers and Prehistory
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Shigaraki is the family name, Takamaro the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Shigaraki, Takamaro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 信 楽 峻 麿 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese interpreter of Buddhism
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Hiroshima Prefecture , Japan
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 2014
Place of death Cure