著者

保坂 俊司

出版者

中央大学政策文化総合研究所

雑誌

中央大学政策文化総合研究所年報 (ISSN:13442902)

巻号頁・発行日

no.19, pp.3-20, 2015

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As wars and conflicts break out around the world today, we Japanese also have to think of peace seriously. However, peace has not been discussed very deeply in Japan, because the meaning of the word is ambiguous in Japanese language.In this article, I will try to clarify the background of the meaning of peace in Japanese in terms of Japanese culture and spirituality. In this first of the series, I will consider the philosophy of peace in Indian Buddhism which is the origin of Buddhism, the foundation for Japanese culture.Then, we will find out the philosophy of peace which is different from the one of Western civilization. Especially, from the thoughts of Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, we can learn the original form of the philosophy of peace underlying Japanese culture.