Abstract
In an effort to reestablish Buddhism as a modern religion, Japanese Buddhists of the Meiji and Taishō eras studied major Buddhist sūtras, including the Huayan Sūtra, from new viewpoints. Focusing on “An Outline of Buddhism” (Bukkyō gairon 仏教概論) published in 1919 by Kaneko Daiei (金子大栄,1881–1976), a Shin Buddhist priest and scholar of the Huayan Sūtra, this paper examines how Kaneko criticized as removed from reality the traditional interpretation of the doctrine known as ‘non-difference of the mind, Buddha, and sentient beings’ (心仏及衆生三無差別説) found in the Huayan Sūtra.
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