Buddha Nature: A Festschrift in Honor of Minoru Kiyota

Buddha Nature: A Festschrift in Honor of Minoru Kiyota

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This book contains ten essays on the topic of buddha-nature by prominent Buddhist Studies scholars, written in honor of Professor Minoru Kiyota (1923–2013), who taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1962 to 2008.

Citation	Griffiths, Paul J., and John P. Keenan eds. Buddha Nature: A Festschrift in Honor of Minoru Kiyota. Tokyo: Buddhist Books International, 1990. https://archive.org/details/buddhanatureafestschriftinhonorofminorukiyota_542_W/mode/2up.

Contents

• Preface: The Making of a Modern Buddhologistv
• Introduction1

• José Ignacio Cabezón
  • "The Canonization of Philosophy and the Rhetoric of Siddhānta in Tibetan Buddhism"7

• Roger Gregory-Tashi Corless
  • "Lying to Tell the Truth—Upāya in Mahāyāna Buddhism and Oikonomia in Alexandrian Christianity"27

• Paul J. Griffiths
  • "Painting Space with Colors: Tathagātagarbha in the Mahāyānasūttrālaṅkāra-Corpus IX.22-37"41

• William G. Grosnick
  • "Buddha Nature as Myth"65

• Jamie Hubbard
  • "Perfect Buddhahood, Absolute Delusion-The Universal Buddha of the San-chieh-chiao"75

• Roger R. Jackson
  • "Luminous Mind. Among the Logicians-An Analysis of Pramāṇavārttika II.205-211"95

• John P. Keenan
  • "The Doctrine of Buddha Nature In Chinese Buddhism-Hui-K'ai on Paramārtha"125

• Sallie B. King
  • "Buddha Nature Thought and Mysticism"139

• Heng-ching Shih
  • "T'ien-T'ai Chih-I's Theory of Buddha Nature-A Realistic and Humanistic Understanding of the Buddha"153

• Paul L Swanson
  • "T'ien-t'ai Chih-i's Concept of Threefold Buddha Nature-A Synergy of Reality, Wisdom, and Practice"171

• • Contributors183
  • Index185

Summary

Collection of Essays

• Jose Ignacio Cabezon - "The Canonization of Philosophy and the Rhetoric of Siddhlinta in Tibetan Buddhism" 7
• Roger Gregory-Tashi Corless "Lying to Tell the Truth-Upāya in Mahāyāna Buddhism and Oikonomia in Alexandrian Christianity" 27
• Paul J. Griffiths - "Painting Space with Colors: Tathāgatagarbha in the Mahāyānasūtralaṅkāra-Corpus IX.22-37" 41
• William G. Grosnick - "Buddha Nature as Myth" 65
• Jamie Hubbard - "Perfect Buddhahood, Absolute Delusion-The Universal Buddha of the San-chieh-chiao" 75
• Roger R. Jackson - "Luminous Mind. Among the Logicians-An Analysis of Pra II.205-211" 95
• John P. Keenan - "The Doctrine of Buddha Nature In Chinese Buddhism-Hui-K'ai on Paramlirtha" 125
• Sallie B. King - "Buddha Nature Thought and Mysticism" 139
• Heng-ching Shih - "T'ien-T'ai Chih-I's Theory of Buddha Nature-A Realistic and Humanistic Understanding of the Buddha" 153
• Paul L Swanson - "T'ien-t'ai Chih-i's Concept of Threefold Buddha Nature-A Synergy of Reality, Wisdom, and Practice" 171

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Description: xi, 194 p. ; 27 cm.

Bibliography: Per Article

Glossary: No

Index: Yes

Notes: Per Article

Translation in Text: ?

Mahāyāna - Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion. Skt. महायान Tib. ཐེག་པ་ཆེན་པོ། Ch. 大乘

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tathāgatagarbha - Buddha-nature, literally the "womb/essence of those who have gone (to suchness)." Skt. तथागतगर्भ Tib. དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པའི་སྙིང་པོ་ Ch. 如来藏

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