Kyoto School Reading Group

It’s official, the Summer Kyoto School Reading Group is starting up next week at our usual time and place (i.e. Tuesdays, 8:00pm over Zoom).

You can find Pdfs here: HERE

Schedule:

Mahāyāna Buddhism

• June 30 — Mahāyāna Buddhism
  • Nāgārjuna, The Dialectical Philosophy of Nāgārjuna (Vigrahavyavartani), pp.5-48
  • Optional: Silk, Jonathan A. “Mahayana Buddhism” Encyclopedia Britannica
• July 7 — The Zen and Shin Schools of Mahāyāna
  • Suzuki, D. T., An Introduction to Zen Buddhism, Chapters I-IV
  • Suzuki, D. T., “Apropos of Shin Buddhism” in Franck, The Buddha Eye

Knowledge and Experience

• July 14 — Nishida on Experience
  • Nishida Kitarō, An Inquiry into the Good, Part I
• July 21 —  Nishida on Epistemology
  • Nishida Kitarō, Intelligibility and the Philosophy of Nothingness, Part I
• July 28 — Hajime on Metanoetics
  • Hajime Tanabe, Philosophy of Metanoetics, Chapter 1

Nothingness and Nihilism

• August 3 — Nishitani on Nothingness
  • Nishitani, Religion and Nothingness, Chapter 1
• August 10 — Nishitani on Nihilism
  • Nishitani, The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism, Chapters 1, 9
• August 17 — Abe on Zen and Non-Being
  • Abe Masao, Zen and Western Thought, Chapters 4-5

Interreligious Dialogue

• August 24 — Hajime on Christianity and Marxism
  • Hajime Tanabe, “Christianity, Marxism, and Japanese Buddhism in Anticipation of a Second Religious Reformation”
• August 31 — Suzuki on Meister Eckhart
  • Suzuki, D. T., Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist, Chapter 2
• September 7 — Ueda on Meister Eckhart
  • Ueda Shizuteru, “Nothingness in Meister Eckhart and Zen Buddhism” in Franck, The Buddha Eye