ABSTRACT
In 1983 I had an opportunity to meet His Holiness Abhinava Vidyatirtha (1917-89) at the Shringeri monastery, the headquarters of the Sailkara School. On that occasion I casually noted that in Japan there were only a few scholars who were engaged in research on Indian philosophy although there were many researchers of Buddhism. Then His Holiness said as follows:
His statement was agreeable to me. It was, however, contrary to my expectations. The reason is that when we call to mind Sailkara's violent criticism of Buddhism as revealed in his commentary on the Brahma Sutra and his other books, we could scarcely expect a statement of that nature from
