Editor:
Hisao Inagaki
Professor Emeritus, Ryukoku University. Born
in Kobe, Nov. 1929; graduated
from Kobe City University of Foreign Languages
(B.A.), Ryukoku University
(M.A.), and School of Oriental and African
Studies, University of London
(Ph.D., 1968). Lecturer in Buddhism at School
of Oriental and African Studies,
1969-1981; professor at Ryukoku University,
1982-1998. Appointed to Numata
professorship at the University of California,
Berkeley (1985), the University
of Hawaii at Manoa (1989), and Leiden University,
The Netherlands (1992).
President of the International Association
of Shin Buddhist Studies since
1993. Representative of the Jodo Mandala
Study Group since 1993. Editor
of The Pure Land since 1979. A member of the Honganji Shin
Buddhism Translation Committee and Portuguese
Translation Committee.
Major publications: A
Tri-lingual Glossary of the Sukhavativyuha
Sutras (1984), A Dictionary
of Japanese Buddhist Terms (1984,85 & 88), Anantamukhanirhara-dharani
Sutra and Jnanagarbha's Commentary (1987), A Glossary of Zen Terms
(1991 & 95), The Three Pure Land Sutras: a study and translation (1994, 95, 2000), The Three Pure Land Sutras (BDK English Tripitaka 12-II,III,IV, 1995, 2003).
The Amida Sutra Mandala: an iconography with the text of the Amida Sutra (1995), T'an-luan's Commentary on Vasubandhu's
Discourse on the Pure Land: a study and translation (1998), Nagarjuna's
Discourse on the Ten Stages: translation
and study of the verses and the
chapter on the Easy Practice (1998), and Home-page "Jodo Mandala" (1998). Amida Dharani Sutra and Jnanagarbha's Commentary:
An annotated translation from Tibetan of
the Anantamukha-nirhara-dharani Sutra and
Tika (1999). Liturgy for Birth (in the Amida Net, 2000), Kyogyoshinsho (BDK English Tripitaka, in
preparation).
Translations of other Buddhist
texts: Pratyutpanna-samadhi Sutra, Shan-tao's
Kuan-nien fa-men and Pan-chou tsan, Kukai's Sokushin-jobutsugi,
Kakuban's Amida-hishaku, etc.
written by Professor Hisao
Inagaki
