Hiro Sachiya
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Hiro Sachiya" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) |
Part of a series on |
Buddhism |
---|
Hiro Sachiya (ひろさちや, Hirosachiya, 1936 – April 7, 2022)[1] was a Japanese religious scholar and a popular contemporary writer of Buddhism.[2] His birth name is Yoshihiko Masuhara (増原 良彦).
He was born in Osaka Prefecture and studied Indian philosophy at University of Tokyo, graduating in 1960. Under the pen name Hiro Sachiya (derived from the Sanskrit Satya), he has written more than 400 books and articles. His interest in religion is not limited to Buddhism. He is mostly known for his comparative studies in all religions including Buddhism, Shinto, Christianity, Islam, and Confucianism.
Selected bibliography[edit]
- Shaka to judai deshi (釈迦と十大弟子, Sakyamuni and His Ten Great Disciples) (1981)
- Kojinshugi bukkyo no susume (個人主義仏教のすすめ, The Promotion of an Individualistic Buddhism) (1982)
- Shi no sekai, shigo no sekai (死の世界・死後の世界, The World of Death, the World after Death) (1984)
- Okyo no sekai (お経の世界, The World of the Sutras) (1986)
- Bukkyo nyumon (仏教入門, A Manual of Buddhism) (1987)
References[edit]
- ^ "宗教評論家、ひろさちやさん死去 仏教の教え分かりやすく説く". Kyodo News (in Japanese). 12 April 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ Laumakis, Stephen J. (2008). An introduction to Buddhist philosophy. Cambridge University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-521-67008-1. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
International | |
---|---|
National | |
Academics | |
Other |
This biography of a Japanese religious figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This article about a Japanese writer, poet, or screenwriter is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja)
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Use dmy dates from August 2019
- Articles needing additional references from January 2008
- All articles needing additional references
- Articles containing Japanese-language text
- Articles with ISNI identifiers
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with GND identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Articles with NDL identifiers
- Articles with NLK identifiers
- Articles with CINII identifiers
- Articles with SUDOC identifiers
- All stub articles