| Project/Area Number |
08610048
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
History of thought
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| Research Institution | Koyasan University |
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Principal Investigator |
MURAKAMI Yasutoshi Koyasan University. Literature, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (30004047)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1996 – 1997
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1997)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥1,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000)
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| Keywords | Kukai / ecology / Esoteric Buddhism / rationalism / irrationalism / natural philospphy / 共生 / 宇宙観 |
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| Research Abstract |
This Research aims for clearing Kukai's ecological thought. Therefore, I will consider his natural philosophy. This philospphy founds on the cosmology of Esoteric Buddhism. Therefore, the principle of this philosophy is the harmonious orders of nature that include all beings in this world. This harmonious orders do clear that all beings exist in the relation of mutual dependence. That is to say, Kukai's natural philospphy shows that we are owing to a live together in the relations of mutual dependence of all beings.
The principle of humanism of modern society is orders of human reason. These rational orders are not able to include the human's irrational side. Therefore, we are not able to live together with all beings in nature by the rational orders of modern society. Kukai's ecological thought criticizes the modern rationalism and shows ours society the way to the live together that is the principle to overcome the orders of human reason.
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