Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789047433095
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2008
Content:
Preliminary Material /Borup -- Introduction /Borup -- Chapter One. Myoshinji: Institution, History, And Structure /Borup -- Chapter Two. Zen Buddhists /Borup -- Chapter Three. Zen Religious Practice /Borup -- Chapter Four. Conclusion /Borup -- Appendix /Borup -- Bibliography /Borup -- Index /Borup.
Content:
Zen Buddhist ideas and practices in many ways are unique within the study of religion, and artists, poets and Buddhists practitioners worldwide have found inspiration from this tradition. Until recent years, representations of Zen Buddhism have focussed almost entirely on philosophical, historical or “spiritual” aspects. This book investigates the contemporary living reality of the largest Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhist group, Myōshinji. Drawing on textual studies and ethnographic fieldwork, Jørn Borup analyses how its practitioners use and understand their religion, how they practice their religiosity and how different kinds of Zen Buddhists (monks, nuns, priest, lay people) interact and define themselves within the religious organization. Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism portrays a living Zen Buddhism being both uniquely interesting and interestingly typical for common Buddhist and Japanese religiosity
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-312) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004165571
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004165576
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004165571
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004165571.i-314
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