Brian Victoria Page
Search the Internet for Brian Victoria - there's a lot there.
3-31-05 - a letter from Brian Victoria wherein he discloses that Zen at War will be back in print soon.
3-26-05 - Recently I got an email from Rick Levine which referred to Brian Victoria's "hugely important" Zen War Stories. I was all busy selling my house and wandering around Asia when it came out and realized there was no mention of it herein. So I'm making up for lost time. Here's a bit on Brian's books which are, unfortunately, not so easy to find. I emailed him and said I'll put anything he wants on the site here, even the whole books. Actually, I've been thinking about putting out of print or hard to find relevant books up here but that will take time. I've spent a few hours on this today but gotta run. More to come on Brian soon. - DC
Zen War Stories
Routledge/Curzon,
February 1, 2003.
This is an important book but it's expensive: $34.95 for paper and $124.95 for hardcover on Amazon.com. as of 3/05
Journal of Buddhist Ethics Review
Zen at War
Weatherhill,
1997
Another important book that costs from 59.99 on Amazon as of 3/05
Behind the Facade of Holy War
by Brian Victoria
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from the Acknowledgements of Crooked Cucumber - And [thanks to] Brian Victoria, who commented on the sections about Shunryu Suzuki and Japan's militaristic period, with thanks for his skeptical tolerance of my unscholarly narrative method.
See Shunryu Suzuki and others on Peace & War which includes the note: On page 316 of Crooked Cucumber I said, "Ironically, in Japan Buddhism had never been pacifist, and all Buddhists supported the government's wars." As Brian Victoria pointed out in his excellent Zen at War, there were Buddhists who openly opposed the war, but they were few. I also received a letter that I don't think I have yet put on this site that informed me of some Nichiren priests who went to jail rather than support the war. The next time I notice that note I'll put it up here. - DC
From the cuke.com files: a 1999 letter and response by DC on Brian Victoria and a Tricycle article and more.
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Adding these two links on June 1, 2007 just cause I mentioned Brian in something I wrote here in dchad misc and so I Googled Brian and got these but gotta stop there and keep going on other vital errands. - DC
April 2003 - Kansai Time Out Magazine Articles
ZEN'S
HOLY WAR
Christopher Stephens speaks with priest and historian Brian Victoria
Critical Comments on Brian Victoria's "Engaged Buddhism: A Skeleton in
the Closet?"
Koichi Miyata
Soka University, Department of Humanities