Abe Masao Quotes
Abe Masao was a Japanese Buddhist philosopher of the Kyoto School and the principal exponent of Zen thought in interreligious dialogue with Christianity and Judaism in the late twentieth century. A pupil of Hisamatsu Shinichi and Nishitani Keiji, he succeeded D. The quotes below are attributed to Abe Masao, organized by topic.
Abe Masao on God
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Attributed to Abe Masao:
“Religion in our time must engage history without losing the depth of the absolute.”
Abe Masao on Love
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Attributed to Abe Masao:
“Self and other are mutually constitutive.”
Abe Masao on Mind
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Attributed to Abe Masao:
“Zen is the realization, not the doctrine, of one's true self.”
Abe Masao on Truth
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Attributed to Abe Masao:
“Sunyata is not nothingness; it is the dynamic emptiness from which all things arise.”
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Attributed to Abe Masao:
“True dialogue requires the suspension of one's own standpoint.”