This book comprises fifteen research articles primarily based on the discipline of Indian and Buddhist Studies. The collection is designed to propose a Buddhist philosophy of religion that the insight of Prajna and Sunyata initiates a future religion which is freed both from conflict between reasoning and believing, and from goal-oriented cycles of life. It addresses transformation from the conflict-ridden quest for a supreme being, to the search for a non-theistic nature of spirituality that provides a foundation for universal human happiness and salvation. For the discipline of Buddhist Studies, this collection also demonstrates the productive value of drawing upon cross-cultural and cross-racial literary sources and traditions.

Buddhist Critical Spirituality: Prajna and Sunyata, Shohei Ichimura, Motilal Banarsidass, 2001, 435 Pages, $35.00

Shohei Ichimura is Director, North American Institute of Zen and Buddhist Studies.

Contents :
Introduction.
I. Buddhist critical spirituality in history and culture :
1. Sakyamuni's critical spirituality and india's crisis.
2. Nagarjuna's historicity on the basis of suhrliekha and ratnavali.
3. Buddha's love and human love with focus on Kuan-yin Bodhisattva.

II. Nagarjuna and Madhyamika dialectic of critical spirituality :
1. Nagarjuna�s dialectic analyzed in terms of Anvaya-Vyatireka.
2. Abhidharmika logical crisis and madhyamika dialectical solution.
3. Nagarjuna and Upayahrdayasastra.
4. Structural linkage between Nagarjuna�s dialectic and logic.

III. Chinese Buddhist critical spirituality and its culture :
1. The significance of Chinese Buddhist philosophy for the contemporary world.
2. The Chinese Madhyamika seng-chao�s paradoxical method of argument.
3. Heart Sutra translated by Hsuan-Tzang and Kumarajiva and its cultural impact.
4. Critical classification of Buddhist doctrines and its future.

IV. Buddhist critical spirituality and contemporary world :
1. Buddhist critical spirituality in India and the world today.
2. Kuan-Yin Bodhisattva cult and Amitabha Buddha.
3. Natural law as basis of communication between theistic religions and non-theistic Buddhism.
4. Buddha-Dharma and natural law towards a trans-cultural universal ethics.

Bibliography.
Index.