Reception of Buddhist Scriptures in China
People
Research Faculty
OKAYAMA Hajime
OKAYAMA Hajime
Professor
-2011,
Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia
Research theme: Chinese Buddhism: A Study of the Documentary Resources of East Asia
Research Topics
OKAYAMA Hajime is Professor of Chinese Buddhism.
He received his Bachelor’s degree from Kyoto University
in 1972 and his Master’s degree from the University of
Tokyo in 1976. He joined the Institute as Associate Professor
in 1990 and was appointed as Professor in 1994. He was
invited to be Visiting Fellow at the Institute of East-Asian
Studies, University of Munich (1992-1993). He has studied
religious thought in East Asia using Chinese translations
of Buddhist scriptures. Thousands of Buddhist scriptures
were translated into Chinese, but only a few of these were
actually accepted in China. Moreover, the Chinese people
accepted and understood them based on Chinese traditional
thought. Thus, Buddhism from India also underwent a deep
transformation in China. Prof. Okayama explains the characteristics
of Chinese Buddhism from this point of view. He has also
recently speculated on the principles of Buddhist spiritual
awakening and compassion, and aims to construct a theory
of the philosophy of religion based on Buddhism.
Among his major publications are "Discovery
of Others in Mahayana Buddhism," Journal of Indian and
Buddhist studies 50-2 (2002), 1-7; D rgha- gama , Translation
and Commentary (Tokyo: Hirakawa Shuppan-sha), vol.1:
1995, 199-223; vol.2: 1997, 150-181; vol.3: 2000, 101-153; "Seeking
after Truth and Transcendence", in Collected Articles
in Memory of Prof. Iriya , (Tokyo: Kyuko Shoin, 2000),
431-437; and "On Niu-tou Fa-rong in ‘Zu-tang-ji’", MIOC 139
(2000): 39-83.
The Memoirs of Institute of Oriental Culture
and The Monograph Series of the Institute of Oriental Culture
are abbreviated in this section as MIOC and MSIOC.
He received his Bachelor’s degree from Kyoto University
in 1972 and his Master’s degree from the University of
Tokyo in 1976. He joined the Institute as Associate Professor
in 1990 and was appointed as Professor in 1994. He was
invited to be Visiting Fellow at the Institute of East-Asian
Studies, University of Munich (1992-1993). He has studied
religious thought in East Asia using Chinese translations
of Buddhist scriptures. Thousands of Buddhist scriptures
were translated into Chinese, but only a few of these were
actually accepted in China. Moreover, the Chinese people
accepted and understood them based on Chinese traditional
thought. Thus, Buddhism from India also underwent a deep
transformation in China. Prof. Okayama explains the characteristics
of Chinese Buddhism from this point of view. He has also
recently speculated on the principles of Buddhist spiritual
awakening and compassion, and aims to construct a theory
of the philosophy of religion based on Buddhism.
Among his major publications are "Discovery
of Others in Mahayana Buddhism," Journal of Indian and
Buddhist studies 50-2 (2002), 1-7; D rgha- gama , Translation
and Commentary (Tokyo: Hirakawa Shuppan-sha), vol.1:
1995, 199-223; vol.2: 1997, 150-181; vol.3: 2000, 101-153; "Seeking
after Truth and Transcendence", in Collected Articles
in Memory of Prof. Iriya , (Tokyo: Kyuko Shoin, 2000),
431-437; and "On Niu-tou Fa-rong in ‘Zu-tang-ji’", MIOC 139
(2000): 39-83.
The Memoirs of Institute of Oriental Culture
and The Monograph Series of the Institute of Oriental Culture
are abbreviated in this section as MIOC and MSIOC.
Research activities
Books
- Hajime, OKAYAMA. 菩薩の願い 〜 大乗仏教のめざすもの ＮＨＫ ライブラリー. 東京2007. (in Japanese)
- Hajime, OKAYAMA. アジアの幸福論. 東京: 春秋社, 2005. (in Japanese)
- Hajime, OKAYAMA. 菩薩の願い 〜 大乗仏教のめざすもの ＮＨＫ こころをよむ. 東京: 日本放送出版協会, 2005. (in Japanese)
- Bondo-kyo, Shutoku-kyo, Kura-danzu-kyo, Kengo-kyo, Ragyo-bonshi-kyo, Sammyo-kyo, Shamonga-kyo, Futabaro-kyo, Rosha-kyo. Translated by Hajime Okayama. Vol. 5 of The Gendai-go-yaku “Agon kyoten”:Dirgha-a gama, Translation and Commentary vol.5. Tokyo: Hirakawa Shuppansha, 2002. (in Japanese)
- Anui-kyo, Zensho-kyo, Shujo-kyo, Jikangi-kyo, Daie-kyo, Amachu-kyo. Translated by Hajime Okayama Gendai-go-yaku “Agon kyoten”:Dirgha-a gama, Translation and Commentary vol.4. Tokyo: Hirakawa Shuppansha, 2001. (in Japanese)
- Jujo-kyo, Zoichi-kyo, Sanju-kyo, Daien-hoben-kyo, Shakudai-kan’inmon-kyo. Translated by Hajime Okayama. Vol. 3 of The Gendai-go-yaku Agon kyoten:Dirgha-a gama, Translation and Commentary. Tokyo: Hirakawa Shuppansha, 2000. (in Japanese)
- Jujo-kyo, Zoichi-kyo, Sanju-kyo, Daien-hoben-kyo, Shakudai-kan’inmon-kyo. Translated by Hajime Okayama. Vol. 3 of The Gendai-go-yaku “Agon kyoten”:Dirgha-a gama, Translation and Commentary. Tokyo: Hirakawa Shuppansha, 2000. (in Japanese)
- Tenzon-gyo, Janisha-kyo, Shoen-gyo, Tenrin-seio-shugyo-kyo, Heishuku-kyo, Sandana-kyo, Shuju-kyo. Translated by Hajime Okayama. 2 vols. Vol. 2 of The Gendai-go-yaku Agan kyoten:Dirgha-a gama, Translation and Commentary. Tokyo: Hirakawa Shuppansha, 1997. (in Japanese)
- Tenzon-gyo, Janisha-kyo, Shoen-gyo, Tenrin-seio-shugyo-kyo, Heishuku-kyo, Sandana-kyo, Shuju-kyo. Translated by Hajime Okayama. Vol. 2 of The Gendai-go-yaku “Agon kyoten”. Tokyo: Hirakawa Shuppansha, 1997. (in Japanese)
- Jo-Agon-gyo-jo, Daihon-kyo, Yugyo-kyo. Translated by Hajime Okayama. Vol. 1 of The Gendai-go-yaku Agan kyoten:Dirgha-a gama, Translation and Commentary. Tokyo: Hirakawa Shuppansha, 1995. (in Japanese)
- Jo-Agon-gyo-jo, Daihon-gyo, Yugyo-kyo. Translated by Hajime Okayama. Vol. 1 of The Gendai-go-yaku “Agon kyoten”. Tokyo: Hirakawa Shuppansha, 1995. (in Japanese)
- Teihon Chugoku Bukkyo-shi:History of Chinese Buddhism. Translated by Hajime Okayama. Tokyo: Kashiwa Shobo, 1992. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. Shin Bukkyo gogen sansaku. Edited by Hajime Nakamura. Tokyo: Tokyo Shoseki, 1986. (in Japanese)
Edited Books
- Okayama, Hajime, ed. Iwanami Tetsugaku shiso jiten. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1998. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime, ed. Iwanami Bukkyo-go jiten. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1989. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime, ed. “Makashikan” in’yo tenkyo soran. Tokyo: Nakayama Shobo, 1987. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime, ed. Chu Yui-Makitsu-gyo sakuin1980. (in Japanese)
Articles and Book Chapters
- Hajime, OKAYAMA. “インド的冥想から中国禅へ.” ユーラシアにおける文化の交流と転変, 東京大学東洋文化研究所報告. 東京: 東京大学 東洋文化研究所, 2007: 1-24. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Ajia-teki kofuku-ron.”Kofuku: Hen’yo suru raifu sutairu:Happiness : changing lifestyles, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten 4 2003. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Kumaraju no hon’yaku kobo.”Purojekuto hokoku 2003. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Ajia no kofuku-ron.”Hapinesu: ato ni miru kofuku e no kagi:Happiness : A survival guide for art + life, Tokyo: Mori Art Museum 2003. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Chugoku ni okeru Bukkyo kyoten no juyo.”Todai, Furansu Koto Kenkyu-in kyodo kenkyu hokoku 2003. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “La reception des sutra bouddhiwues en Chine.”Universite de Tokyo, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes rapport 2003. (in French)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Watashi to anata no aida de.”Zaike Bukkyo, Tokyo: Daihorinkaku 2002. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Meiso no shiso-shi.”Toyo-bunka Kenkyu-sho sotitsu 60 shunen kinen-shi, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press 2002. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Ueyama Shumpei taidan.”Koten-gaku no sai-kochiku, tokutei ryoiki kaken hokoku-sho 2002. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Oshaka-sama wa gokuraku jodo o shiranakatta?:Didn’t Buddha know the Pure Land?” Ajia o shireba sekai ga mieru:To know Asia is to Understand the World. Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2001: 104-115. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Deta besu wa ikiteiru.”Konjaku-moji-kyo kaiho 2001. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Kyudo to choetsu:Seeing after Truth and Transcendence.” Iriya kyoju tsuito kinen ronshu:Collected Articles in Memory of Prof. Iriya. Tokyo: Kyuko Shoin, 2000: 431-434. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Sodo-shu’ Gozu Ho Yu shoso-sho:On Niu-tou Fa-rong in ‘Zu-tang-ji’.”Toyo-bunka Kenkyu-sho kiyo:MIOC, Tokyo: Nikko Shoin 139 2000: 39-83. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Satori to sukuware:Enlightment and Relief.” Bumpo no yorokobi:Pleasures of Hearing Buddhism, 2000: 69-90. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Daijo Bukkyo ni okeru tasha no hakken:DIscovery of Others in Mahayana Buddhism.”Indo-gaku Bukkyo-gaku kenkyu:Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies, Tokyo: The Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies 50, no. 2 2000: 1-7. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Yakkyo’, ‘Hokai’, ‘Ri – Ji’, ‘Yuishin-ron’, ‘Bodai-shin’.” Tetsugaku shiso jiten:Dictionary of Philosophy and Idea. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1998. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Kan’yaku Butten-ron:Theory on Chinese Buddhist Literature.” Higashi-Ajia no Bukkyo:Buddhism in Eastern Asia. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1998. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Kan’yaku Butten to kanji bunka-ken:Chinese Buddhist Literature and the Cultural Sphere of Chinese Character.” Higashi-Ajia shakai to Bukkyo bunka:Society in Eastern Asian and Buddhist Culture. Edited by Jikido Takasaki, and Kiyotaka Kimura. Vol. 5, Higashi-Ajia Bukkyo. Tokyo: Shunjusha, 1996: 223-239. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Shibunritsu.”Daihorin, Tokyo: Daihorinkaku 5 1995. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Juyu-ritsu, Setsu-issai-ubu-ritsu.”Daihorin, Tokyo: Daihorinkaku 6 1995. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Choetsu: tasha o misutete doko e?:Transcendence: Where do you go abandoning otheres?”Choetsu to shimpi: Chugoku, Indo, Isuramu no shiso sekai:Transcendence and Mysticism, Tokyo: Taimeido 1994. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Tojirareta jiko’ kara ‘ hirakareyuku jiko’ e: Bukkyo ni okeru jiko to tasha:From Closed Ego to Opened Self.”Toyo-bunka Kenkyu-sho kiyo:MIOC, Tokyo: Nikko Shoin 117 1992: 533-586. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Dai-Amida-kyo’ no shiso-shi-teki igi:Historical Meaning of the Scriptures of Pure Land Buddhism ‘Da-e-mi-tuo-jing’ in Chinese Thought.”Toyo Bunka:Oriental Culture, Tokyo: Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo 70 1990. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Daijo kyoten ni okeru ‘kyokan’ no genri 2.”Seishin kagaku :Science of mind, Tokyo: Department of Philosophy, Nihon University College of Humanities and Sciences, no. 26 1987. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “To-Shin-ki Bukkyo ni okeru gengo to shinri.”Toyo Bunka:Oriental Culture, Tokyo: Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo 66 1986. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Daijo kyoten ni okeru ‘kyokan’ no genri.”Seishin kagaku:Science of mind, Tokyo: Department of Philosophy, Nihon University College of Humanities and Sciences, no. 25 1986. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Kan’yaku Butten ni oyoboshita Chugoku shiso no eikyo.”Bukkyo to takyo to no tairon, Kyoto: Heirakuji Shoten 2 1980. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Jiga no jikaku to hihan-teki seishin.” Hikaku-shiso-ron, Terebi daigaku koza. Tokyo: Obunsha, 1979. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Juji-kyo’ ‘Sangai yuishin’ no genten kaimei.”Bukkyo-gaku:Journal of Buddhist studies, Tokyo: Sankibo Busshorin, no. 5 1978. (in Japanese)
Conference
- Okayama, Hajime. “Kyoten wa naze zettai na no ka.” Presented at the Bumpo no yorokobi (ge), 2000: 69-90. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Yuima no kanashimi.” Presented at the Zaike Bukkyo, Tokyo, 1999, Daihorinkaku. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Jiko to choetsu.” Presented at the Iriya Yoshitaka sensei tsuito bunshu, Tokyo, 1999, Kyuko Shoin. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Juji-kyo’ sho-kankiji: ‘hosshin’ no genten kaimei.” Presented at the Kenkyu kiyo:Studies in humanities and social sciences. Edited by Nihon Daigaku Jibun-kagaku Kenkyu-sho, Tokyo, 1988, The Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nihon University. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “To-Shin-ki Bukkyo ni okeru gengo to shinri.” Presented at the Toyo bunka:Oriental culture, Tokyo, 1986, Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Amida-kado-jindo-kyo: kyodai to sono shiso.” Presented at the Indo-gaku Bukkyo-gaku kenkyu:Journal of Indian and Buddhist studies, Tokyo, 1986, The Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies: 68-71. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Kan’yaku Butten no buntai-ron to hon’yaku-ron.” Presented at the Toyo gakujutsu kenkyu:The journal of Oriental science, Tokyo, 1983, The Institute of Oriental Philosophy. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Jiji-muge-hokkai no sonzai fukei.” Presented at the Riso, 1983. (in Japanese)
- Okayama, Hajime. “Hajime Nakamura.” Presented at the Hoshaku bunka, 0000. (in Japanese)
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