Book Review: The Buddha Eye
Buddhist psychology is very complex and can be interpreted from many different perspectives, even though its underlying principles remain consistent.
With Buddhism, as well as other thought processes, I have always found it most intriguing and educational to learn from different points of view.
In “The Buddha Eye,” Frederick Franck presents and examines essays from nine Japanese philosophers and speakers of Zen.
Dr. Franck has divided the essays into three parts: The Self, The Structure Of Reality, and Shin Buddhism.
The Awakening Of Self
Nishitani Keiji was a philosophy professor and the most trusted representative of the Kyoto School in Japan. He studied philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle, as well as Western mystics.
Nishitani wrote “The Awakening of Self in Buddhism” to examine how the Buddhist realization of humankind can provide value to such dilemmas as advocating social revolution without supporting the transformation of humanity at the same time. He says that blindness prevails when we don’t advocate the transformation of humans.
Many people may believe that transforming society is separate from transforming one’s self and that transforming society is more important. Nishitani states that the two aspects cannot be…
