Hara Tanzan

Hara Tanzan (原坦山, December 5, 1819 – July 27, 1892) was a Japanese philosopher and Sōtō Buddhist monk. He served as abbot of Saijoji temple in Odawara[1] and as professor at the University of Tokyo during the Bakumatsu and Meiji era. He was a forerunner of the modernization of Japanese Buddhism and the first (in Japan) to attempt to incorporate concepts from the natural sciences into Zen Buddhism.[2]

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  2. ^ Yoshinaga, Shinichi (30 October 2006). "The Psychologized Zen of HARA Tanzan: His Thought and Historical Influences". Society for Mind-Body Science (in Japanese). 15. doi:10.20788/jmbs.15.2_5. ISSN 0918-2489. Retrieved 28 November 2013.