New Horizons in Eastern Humanism Buddhism Confucianism and the Quest for Global Peace Review

New Horizons in Eastern Humanism: Buddhism, Confucianism and the Quest for Global Peace
with Tu Weiming

Pub. Year 2011 Publisher I.B. Tauris (*Acquired past Bloomsbury Publishing in 2018) ISBN (Hardback) 978-1-84885-592-ii (Paperback) 978-1-84885-593-9

In New Horizons in Eastern Humanism: Buddhism, Confucianism and the Quest for Global Peace, Tu Weiming, professor of Chinese history and philosophy and of Confucian studies at Harvard University since 1981, and Daisaku Ikeda engage in what they term a "dialogue between civilizations." Such dialogue is the very antidote they prescribe for the ills of the mod world and the creation of peace in the wake of the erosion of both our cultural and spiritual roots caused past rapid globalization.

From dissimilar ideological backgrounds, Tu--who also headed the Harvard-Yenching Institute from 1996 to 2008--and Ikeda respectively offer the wisdom of Confucianism, which has guided and shaped the soul of Cathay, and Buddhism. In their broad-ranging discourse, they delve into topics such as Sino-Japanese-U.S. relations, the role of the world'southward religions in promoting human happiness and the transformation of society through dialogue and teaching. Drawing on the Confucian concept of the unity of Heaven and humanity and the corresponding Buddhist concept of the oneness of the self and the universe, the authors envisage the emergence of a global dialogical civilization which has as its starting point the inner transformation of the individual. Such a transformation is rooted in the recognition of human dignity in all people, the Confucian notion of ren or humaneness, and inherent Buddhahood manifested as compassion. The practise of both lies in our treatment of and relationship with others and is implicit in the path of investigation and mutual learning that is dialogue.

In a world marked and divided past its diverseness, the authors draw dialogue as, in Tu's words "an enriching, enabling mode to larn to be human." It is not enough merely to recognize and tolerate the existence of other individuals and ways of living; we must exist set to admire our differences and to make the other person's civilization part of ourselves, thus expanding the horizons of our ain civilization. The "magnificent claiming" of dialogue says Ikeda "is not to alter others but to change the self." The cumulative effect of individuals repeatedly and persistently engaging in such dialogue is the very foundation on which a century of peace can exist built and which, the authors assert, is within our powers to construct.

The authors' conventionalities in the ability of dialogue to unite people in their differences, far from existence theoretical, comes from firsthand feel. In 2001, Tu was involved in the UN Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations and invited to be office of its Grouping of Eminent Persons, a gathering of xviii representatives from various parts of the earth who joined forces across civilizations to prepare diverse programs promoting the concept of inter-civilizational dialogue, culminating in a book on the issue of dialogue focusing on the perception of multifariousness. Ikeda has engaged in numerous dialogues with leaders and scholars from effectually the world, many of which accept been published.

Tu Weiming and Daisaku Ikeda first met in Hawaii, when the old attended a lecture delivered past the latter at the E-Due west Center in 1995.

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CONTENTS

Preface by Tu Weiming

Preface by Daisaku Ikeda

1. A Starting Indicate for Peace
2. Life-Changing Encounters with Mentors
3. Learning and Youth
4. Learning as a Way of Life
5. Dialogue of Civilizations
6. Dialogues for Change
7. The Social Role of Organized religion
8. Buddhism and Confucianism for a Better World
9. A New Doctrine of Cultural Dialogue
10. The Globalization of Peace Culture
11. Confucian Humanism and Buddhist Humanism
12. The Analects and a Dialogical Community
13. Humanity and Compassion
14. The Unity of Sky and Humanity and the Oneness of Cocky and Universe
15. Buddhist and Confucian Wisdom: A Full Flowering of Humanity
16. Sino-American Relations: The Underlying Current of Two Countries
17. Toward a Dialogical Culture

Glossary

Notes

Index

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