ENCOUNTER WITH ENLIGHTENMENT: A Study of Japanese Ethics -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Contrasts and Ideals -- MANY "EASTS," MANY "WESTS" -- THE CRITICAL PATH -- 1. The "Do Nothing"and the Pilgrim: Two Approaches to Ethics -- ON THE NATURE OF THE WILL -- THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE EVERYDAY WORLD -- THE WILL IN EASTERN THOUGHT -- WU-WEI AND NON-DOING -- EVIL -- ON HUMAN HEARTEDNESS -- A RADICAL INTERDEPENDENCE -- THE MORALITY OF ENLIGHTENMENT -- CONCLUSION -- 2. The Significance of Shintoism for Japanese Ethics -- THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SHINTO ̄PERSPECTIVE -- SHRINE SHINTO ̄(COMMON SHINTO)̄ -- IN THE BEGINNING -- KAMI AND EVIL -- ATTITUDES, VIRTUES, AND RITUALS -- THE CONNECTION TO ANCESTORS -- THE WAY TO THE FUTURE -- REFLECTIVE EPILOGUE -- THE ECOLOGICAL DIMENSION -- ETHICS AND NATURE -- SHINTO ̄AND ZEN -- 3. Confucianism and Japanese Ethics -- THE CONFUCIAN SELF -- ORIGINAL HUMAN GOODNESS -- THE IMPORTANCE OF SINCERITY -- SELF AS FIELD -- SPONTANEITY -- CONFUCIANISM IN JAPAN -- 4. Buddhism and Japanese Ethics -- INTRODUCTION -- THE BEGINNINGS -- BUDDHISM AND MORALITY -- THE GROUND OF MORALITY -- WHAT HAPPENED TO NIRVAN̄A? -- ETHICS AND ENLIGHTENMENT -- THE BODHISATTVA -- THE PATH OF THE BODHISATTVA -- 5. Zen Buddhism and Ethics -- ZEN AND ENLIGHTENMENT -- EVIL AND ZEN -- THE CAT AGAIN -- SEEING INTO ONE'S OWN NATURE -- WHY SHOULD ONE BE MORAL? -- CATS! CATS! CATS! -- ZEN AND NATURE -- AND IF THE CAT WERE NOT A CAT? -- 6. The Fundamentals: Modern Japanese Ethics -- NINGEN -- THE ONE AND THE MANY -- ETHICS -- TOWARDS NOTHINGNESS -- SINCERITY -- ETHICS AS CONTEXTUAL -- THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FAMILY -- THE COMPLEXITY OF CLIMATE -- 7. An Ethics of Transformation: Nishida, Yuasa, and Dogen -- THE NEED TO DIFFERENTIATE -- WHY THE ONE DIFFERENTIATES -- THE NATURE OF GOOD CONDUCT -- FROM SELF TO NO-SELF -- ON SELF-CULTIVATION.

DOGEN -- DOGEN ON THE "NOW" -- Conclusion: The Mutuality of Learningin a Global Village -- SOCIAL ETHICS -- FINAL REFLECTIONS -- ECOLOGICAL ETHICS, EAST AND WEST -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.