Masao Abe: a bodhisattva's vow.(PANEL ON MASAO ABE)

Buddhist-Christian Studies | January 1, 2008| | Copyright

About ten years ago, I enjoyed a fine Japanese lunch with my friend and teacher, the late Masao Abe. I gathered with him and his wife, Ikuko, in a traditional restaurant in Kyoto. Abe Sensei had been somewhat pensive and withdrawn for most of the meal. Mrs. Abe and I had been bantering about how late the tsuyu rains had been that year and the effect it was having on Kyoto's hydrangea. Suddenly Sensei began to speak with an unusual tone of voice, as if saying something of great importance to no one in particular. "It is not enough," he said. Mrs. Abe and I fell silent and ...

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