Masao Abe Quotes

4 Sourced Quotes

Science without religion is dangerous because it necessarily entails a mechanization of humanity and consequent loss of individual autonomy and spirituality. On the other hand, religion without science is powerless because it lacks an effective means through which to actualize the ultimate reality. Science and religion must work together harmoniously.

Masao Abe

When one existentially awakens from within, the relation of birth-and-death is not seen as a sequential change from the former to the latter. Rather, living as it is, is no more than dying, and at the same time there is no living separate from dying. This means that life itself is death and death itself is life. That is, we do not shift sequentially from birth to death, but undergo living-dying in each and every moment.

Masao Abe

In Buddhism, compassion always goes with wisdom. Compassion without wisdom is not understood to be true compassion, and wisdom without compassion is not true wisdom.

Masao Abe

Emptiness is not a mere emptiness, but rather fullness in which the distinctiveness of everything is throughly realized.

Masao Abe

Masao Abe

Masao Abe

Born: 1915

Died: September 10, 2006 (aged 91)

Bio: Masao Abe was a Japanese Buddhist and professor in religious studies, who became well known for his work in Buddhist-Christian interfaith dialogue, which later included Judaism. He wrote also on the experience of Zen.

Known for:

Zen and Western Thought (1985)
Study of Dōgen (1992)
Zen and Comparative Studies (1996)
Zen and the Modern World (2003)
Divine emptiness and historical fullness (1995)

Masao Abe on Wikipedia

Suggest an edit or a new quote

Japanese Philosopher Quotes

Philosopher Quotes

20th-century Philosopher Quotes