Taishū Tagami

Taishū Tagami

Taishū Tagami is a notable scholar in Buddhist studies, particularly focusing on Zen Buddhism. He has authored several books and publications on Buddhism and Zen thought. Some of his works include:

• Essay on Buddhism (12 chapters), published by NHK-shuppan in 1999.
• The World of Buddhism, published by Sanshu-sha in 1999.
• Dictionary of Zen Thought, co-authored with Shūdō Ishii.
• Bodaishin no kenkyu (Study of the Bodhi Mind).
• Butsuda no iitakatta koto (What Buddha Wanted to Say).
• Dogen no kokoro (The Heart of Dogen).
• Dogen no shukyo (Dogen's Religion).
• Zengo sansaku (Walking Through Zen Words).

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Bodhi - Enlightenment or awakening. In Tibetan it is translated as "purified" (byang) and "perfected" (chub), which corresponds to Siddhartha Gautama's achievement of purifying all obscurations and perfecting or attaining all qualities associated with a buddha. Skt बोधि  Tib བྱང་ཆུབ་  Ch 菩提; 悟 and 覺  

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