Eshin Nishimura
| Eshin Nishimura | |
|---|---|
| Religion | Rinzai |
| Personal | |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born | Japan |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Hanazono University |
| Title | Rōshi |
Eshin Nishimura（西村 惠信, 1933-） is a Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhist priest, the former president of Hanazono University in Kyoto, Japan, and also a major modern scholar in the Kyoto School of thought.[1] A current professor of the Department of Buddhism at Hanazono University, he has lectured at universities throughout the world on the subject of Zen Buddhism.[2] The author of many books, most written in the Japanese language, Nishimura has been a participant in many dialogues on the relationship of Zen to Christianity and Western philosophy.
Biography
Eshin Nishimura was born the youngest child of six siblings to a family of Rinzai practitioners. According to his own account, "Blessed with a profound karmic relationship with the Buddha, I entered the priesthood at age two and left my parents to live in a Zen temple as a priestling."[3] Nishimura graduated from Hanazono University from their Department of Buddhist Studies in 1956.[3] In 1969 he came to Oberlin College to give talks on Zen, and in 1970 and 1971 he taught a course for ten weeks on Zen at Carleton College[2] and another course at Carleton on Keiji Nishitani's Religion and Nothingness in 1989.
Bibliography
- Eshin Nishimura (2006). Kyōun ikkyū: kamenshi no sugao. Tokyo: Shikisha. ISBN 4-88405-356-7.
- Eshin Nishimura (2006). Rinzairoku o meguru danshō: jiko kakuritsu no hōho. Kyoto: Zenbunkakenkyūjo. ISBN 4-88182-214-4.
- Eshin Nishimura (2006). Hotoke no kotoba ichinichi ichiwa : ikiru chikara ga waite kuru. Tokyo: Pīeichipīkenkyūjo. ISBN 4-569-64920-3.
- Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki; Kitarō Nishida; Eshin Nishimura (2004). Nishida Kitarō ate Suzuki Daisetsu shokan: okkū ai wakarete shuyu mo hanarezu. Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-00-024229-6.
- Eshin Nishimura (2001). Kirisutosha to aruita Zen no michi. Hōzōkan. ISBN 4-8318-8143-0.
- Eshin Nishimura (1998). Zen to Gendai. Tōkyō: Perikansha. ISBN 4-8315-0808-X.
- Eshin Nishimura (1988). Watakushi no Jūgyūzu. Hōzōkan, Shōwa 63. ISBN 4-8318-8036-1.
- Eshin Nishimura (1987). Zenrin shugyōron. Hōzōkan, Shōwa 62. ISBN 4-8318-7325-X.
- Eshin Nishimura (1986). Rinzaishū. Tokyo: Shōgakkan. ISBN 4-09-581006-8.
- Eshin Nishimura (1983). Zensō no seikatsu. Tokyo: Yūzankaku Shuppan, Shōwa 58. ISBN 4-639-00271-8.
- Eshin Nishimura; Daikan (1982). Tōrei Oshō nenpu. Kyōto: Shibunkaku Shuppan, Shōwa 57. OCLC 17101775.
- Yasuaki Nara; Eshin Nishimura (1979). Zenshū. Tōkyō: Yūzankaku Shuppan, Shōwa 54. OCLC 10782743.
- Eshin Nishimura; Giei Sato; Smith, Bardwell L. (1973). Unsui: A Diary of Zen Monastic Life. University Press of Hawaii. ISBN 0-8248-0277-2.
Notes
References
- Eshin Nishimura; Giei Sato; Smith, Bardwell L. (1973). Unsui: A Diary of Zen Monastic Life. University Press of Hawaii. ISBN 0-8248-0277-2.
- Nishimura, Eshin. "Zen: the Way to Deliverance from Ignorance". Jodo Shu Research Institute. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
- Nishimura, Eshin (Summer 2007). "Embracing Earth While Facing Death: A Buddhist monk reflects on the limits of contemporary science". Harvard Divinity Bulletin. Harvard Divinity School. 35 (2&3).