Hajime Nakamura Quotes

1912–1999 Japan

Hajime Nakamura (中村元, Nakamura Hajime, November 28, 1912 – October 10, 1999) was a Japanese Orientalist, Indologist, philosopher and academic of Vedic, Hindu and Buddhist scriptures.

Japan
Philosophers

Random Hajime Nakamura quote

3 quotes

India is culturally, Mother of Japan. For centuries it has, in her own characteristic way, been exercising her influence on the thought and culture of Japan.

Without Indian influence Japanese culture would not be what it is today.

Hajime Japan and Indian Asia p. 1, as quoted in Londhe, S (2008)

Two inscriptions found in Greco-Bactrian Cursive Script found in Afghanistan mention the Buddhist formula of Adoration (namas) to Buddha.

Indian Buddhism: A Survey with Bibliographical Notes (1980)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Hajime Nakamura (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.