Kenryo Kanamatsu
Kenryō Kanamatsu((Kim tùng hiền lượng),1915-1986) was a translator, author, and lifelong devotee ofJōdo Shinshū,sometimes called "Shin Buddhism". His seminal work,Naturalness,(written in 1949), was an introduction of Jōdo Shinshū to the Western world.
Biography
[edit]Born inKyotoin 1915, Kanamatsu received his B.A. inphilosophyatŌtani University.AFulbright scholaratCornell Universityand theUniversity of Chicago,he received his doctorate and became a Professor atŌtani University.A translator as well as an author, Kanamatsu translated the works ofPlatointoJapanese.In 1971 he published a book on the theology and cosmology of Plato.[1]
References
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[edit]- Kanamatsu, Kenryo; Unno, Tetsuo (2002).Naturalness: A Classic of Shin Buddhism.World Wisdom.ISBN978-0-941532-29-7.
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