Eshin Nishimura | |
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西村 惠信 | |
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| Title | Rōshi |
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| Nationality | Japanese |
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| Religion | Rinzai,Zen Buddhism |
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| Based in | Hanazono University |
Eshin Nishimura (西村 惠信; born 1933) is aJapaneseRinzaiZen Buddhist priest, the former president ofHanazono University inKyoto, Japan, and also a major modernscholar in theKyoto 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 ofZen Buddhism.[2] The author of many books, most written in theJapanese language, Nishimura has been a participant in many dialogues on the relationship of Zen toChristianity andWestern philosophy.[3]
Eshin Nishimura was born the youngest child of six siblings to a family ofRinzai 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."[4] Nishimura graduated fromHanazono University from their Department of Buddhist Studies in 1956.[4] In 1969 he came toOberlin College to give talks onZen, and in 1970 and 1971 he taught a course for ten weeks on Zen atCarleton College[2] and another course at Carleton onKeiji Nishitani'sReligion and Nothingness in 1989.
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