Seisaku Yamamoto is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Kyoto University, Japan. Carter and Yamamoto are cotranslators of Watsuji Tetsuro's Rinrigaku: Ethics in Japan, also published by SUNY Press. Robert E. Carter is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Trent University, Canada. Robert E. Carter is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Trent University, Canada. Carter is the author of Encounter with Enlightenment: A Study of Japanese Ethics, both also published by SUNY Press.

• ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: On BuddhismPart One: On What I Think about Buddhism 1. The "Inside" and "Outside" of a Religious Organization2. Opening Up the Self to the WorldPart Two: On the Modernization of Buddhism 3. What Is Modernizaton?4. A Departure from the "Individual"Part Three: On Conscience 5. In Support of Human Relations6. To Make Sure of OneselfGlossary of Japanese TermsIndex

Seisaku Yamamoto is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Kyoto University, Japan. Carter and Yamamoto are cotranslators of Watsuji Tetsuro's Rinrigaku: Ethics in Japan, also published by SUNY Press. Robert E. Carter is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Trent University, Canada. Robert E. Carter is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Trent University, Canada. Carter is the author of Encounter with Enlightenment: A Study of Japanese Ethics, both also published by SUNY Press.

• ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: On BuddhismPart One: On What I Think about Buddhism 1. The "Inside" and "Outside" of a Religious Organization2. Opening Up the Self to the WorldPart Two: On the Modernization of Buddhism 3. What Is Modernizaton?4. A Departure from the "Individual"Part Three: On Conscience 5. In Support of Human Relations6. To Make Sure of OneselfGlossary of Japanese TermsIndex