Abstract
AbstractFocusing on Liang Shuming’s (梁漱溟 1893–1988) early writings, this chapter explores how Buddhist philosophy—especially the Yogācāra doctrine of consciousness-only—influenced his philosophical thought from 1913 to 1921. I define Liang as a Buddhist, not only because of his lifestyle as a practicing Buddhist, but also because Yogācāra furnished him with a vocabulary to structure his philosophical system and because the Buddhist notion of non-duality offered him a way of navigating life between this-worldly matters and other-worldly concerns. As this chapter argues, these three senses in which Liang can be termed a Buddhist are interconnected and mutually reinforced in the early phase of his thought.KeywordsYogācāra philosophy of consciousness-onlyCorrelative non-dualismThis-worldly flourishingOther-worldly awakeningModern Confucianism
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