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Format: VIII, 199 S.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 0-415-29679-X

Language: English

Subjects: Ethnology

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Format: 1 online resource (808 p.) : , 1 b&w illustration

ISBN: 9780824877149

Series Statement: Pure Land Buddhist Studies

Content: This diverse anthology of original Buddhist texts in translation provides a historical and conceptual framework that will transform contemporary scholarship on Pure Land Buddhism and instigate its recognition as an essential field of Buddhist studies. Traditional and contemporary primary sources carefully selected from Buddhist cultures across historical, geopolitical, and literary boundaries are organized by genre rather than chronologically, geographically, or by religious lineage—a novel juxtaposition that reveals their wider importance in fresh contexts. Together these fundamental texts from different Asian traditions, expertly translated by eminent and up-and-coming scholars, illustrate that the Buddhism of pure lands is not just an East Asian cult or a marginal type of Buddhism, but a pan-Asian and deeply entrenched religious phenomenon. The volume is organized into six parts: Ritual Practices, Contemplative Visualizations, Doctrinal Expositions, Life Writing and Poetry, Ethical and Aesthetic Explications, and Worlds beyond Sukhāvatī. Each part is introduced and summarized, and each translated piece is prefaced by its translator to supply historical and sectarian context as well as insight into the significance of the work. Common and less-common issues of practice, doctrine, and intra-religious transfer are explored, and deeper understandings of the meaning of “pure lands” are gained through the study of the celestial, cosmological, internal, and earthly pure lands associated with various buddhas, bodhisattvas, and devotional figures. The introduction by the volume editors ties the diverse themes of the book together and provides a historical background to Pure Land Buddhist studies. Scholars of Buddhism and Asian religion, including graduate and post-graduate students, as well as Buddhist practitioners, will appreciate the range of translated materials and accompanied discussions made accessible in one essential collection, the first of its kind to center on the formerly-neglected topic of Buddhist pure lands.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Series Editor’s Preface -- , Editors’ Introduction -- , I. Ritual Practices -- , Overview -- , Chapter 1. The Consecration Scripture Spoken by the Buddha on Being Reborn in Whichever of the Pure Lands of the Ten Directions You Wish -- , Chapter 2. Esoteric Pure Land in Kakuban’s Thought -- , Chapter 3. Akṣobhya Homa Fire Offerings for the Buddha of the Eastern Pure Land -- , Chapter 4. Nenbutsu Practice in Genshin’s Ōjōyōshū -- , Chapter 5. Visions of the Pure Land from the Mind Treasury of Namchö Migyur Dorje -- , II. Contemplative Visualizations -- , Overview -- , Chapter 1. Liberating Desire -- , Chapter 2. Maitreya’s Tuṣita Heaven as a Pure Land in Gelukpa Forms of Tibetan Buddhism -- , Chapter 3. Amoghavajra’s Amitāyus Ritual Manual -- , Chapter 4. Dōhan’s Compendium on the Secret Contemplation of Buddha, Fascicle One -- , III. Doctrinal Expositions -- , Overview -- , Chapter 1. Answers to Forty-Eight Questions about Pure Land (Selections) -- , Chapter 2. The Role of Buddhism in Emperor Worship -- , Chapter 3. “The Future of American Buddhism” -- , Chapter 4. Naikan’s Path -- , Chapter 5. Wŏnhyo’s Commentary on the Amitābha Sūtra -- , IV. Life-Writing and Poetry -- , Overview -- , Chapter 1. Biographies from The Accounts of Those from Mount Kōya Who Have Attained Birth in a Pure Land -- , Chapter 2 Contemporary Pure Land Miracle Tales -- , Chapter 3. In Praise of His Mighty Name -- , Chapter 4. Pure Land Devotional Poetry by a Chan Monk -- , V. Ethical and Aesthetic Explications -- , Overview -- , Chapter 1. Religion and Ethics in the Thought of Kiyozawa Manshi -- , Chapter 2. The Pure Land and This World in Hishiki Masaharu’s Shin Buddhist Ethics -- , Chapter 3. Toward a Pure Land Buddhist Aesthetics -- , Chapter 4. A Confucian Pure Land? -- , Chapter 5. Tanaka Chigaku on “The Age of Unification” -- , VI. Worlds beyond Sukhāvatī -- , Overview -- , Chapter 1. The Divine Scripture on the Rebirth in the Pure Land of the Highest Cavern Mystery of Numinous Treasure -- , Chapter 2. A Manichaean Pure Land -- , Chapter 3. Śambhala as a Pure Land -- , Contributors -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

Subjects: Ethnology

Keywords: Aufsatzsammlung

DOI: 10.1515/9780824877149

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824877149

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Format: XVII, 242 S. , Ill. , 24 cm

ISBN: 9780824838393

Series Statement: Nanzan library of Asian religion and culture

Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and index , Secrecy causes criticism and persecutionSecrecy preserves and transforms -- Secrecy alters by separating and joining -- Secrecy creates dilemmas -- Secrecy gives order.

Language: English

Subjects: Ethnology , Theology

Keywords: Japan ; Jōdo-shinshū ; Geheimlehre

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Format: III, 285 S , Ill , 26 cm

Series Statement: Asian Folklore Studies 66.2007,1/2

Language: English

Keywords: Japan ; China ; Religion ; Ritual

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Format: viii, 199 p.

Edition: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

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Format: XII, 466 S , Ill. , 27 cm

ISBN: 0824830024 , 9780824830021

Series Statement: Nanzan library of Asian religion and culture

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Language: English

Subjects: Theology

Keywords: Japan ; Religion ; Japan ; Religion ; Geschichte Anfänge-2004 ; Aufsatzsammlung

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

Author information: Swanson, Paul L. 1951-

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Format: 1 online resource (235 p.)

ISBN: 9780824851347

Series Statement: Nanzan Library of Asian Religion and Culture ; 26

Content: Shin has long been one of the most popular forms of Buddhism in Japan. As a devotional tradition that emphasizes gratitude and trust in Amida Buddha, it is thought to have little to do with secrecy. Yet for centuries, Shin Buddhists met on secluded mountains, in homes, and in the backrooms of stores to teach their hidden doctrines and hold clandestine rites. Among their adherents was D. T. Suzuki’s mother, who took her son to covert Shin meetings when he was a boy. Even among Shin experts, covert followers were relatively unknown; historians who studied them claimed they had disappeared more than a century ago. A serendipitous encounter, however, led to author Clark Chilson’s introduction to the leader of a covert Shin Buddhist group—one of several that to this day conceal the very existence of their beliefs and practices. In Secrecy’s Power Chilson explains how and why they have remained hidden. Drawing on historical and ethnographic sources, as well as fieldwork among covert Shin Buddhists in central Japan, Secrecy’s Power introduces the histories, doctrines, and practices of different covert Shin Buddhists. It shows how, despite assumptions to the contrary, secrecy has been a significant part of Shin’s history since the thirteenth century, when Shinran disowned his eldest son for claiming secret knowledge. The work also demonstrates how secrecy in Shin has long been both a source of conflict and a response to it. Some covert Shin Buddhists were persecuted because of their secrecy, while others used it to protect themselves from persecution under rulers hostile to Shin. Secrecy’s Power is a groundbreaking work that makes an important contribution to our knowledge on secrecy and Shin Buddhism. Organized around the various consequences concealment has had for covert Shin Buddhists, it provides new insights into the power of secrecy to produce multiple effects—even polar opposite ones. It also sheds light on ignored corners of Shin Buddhism to reveal a much richer, more diverse, and more contested tradition than commonly is understood.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Acknowledgments -- , Conventions -- , Introduction -- , Part One: Secrecy in the History of Covert Shin Buddhists -- , 1. Secrecy Causes Criticism and Persecution -- , 2. Secrecy Preserves and Transforms -- , Part Two: Concealment in Contemporary Urahōmon -- , 3. Secrecy Alters by Separating and Joining -- , 4. Secrecy Creates Dilemmas -- , 5. Secrecy Gives Order -- , Epilogue -- , Notes -- , Glossary of Japanese Characters -- , Bibliography -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780824851347

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824851347

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824851347

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Format: 1 online resource (207 p.)

ISBN: 1-134-43424-3 , 1-134-43425-1 , 0-415-86307-4 , 0-203-42264-3 , 1-280-02250-7

Content: Shamans are a central feature of many local religions throughout Asia. This title introduces the activities, worldviews, and lives of shamans in Siberia, China, Korea, Japan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Cover; SHAMANS IN ASIA; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editors' Preface; Aspects of Shamanism: An Introduction; The Social Significance of the Shaman among the Chinese Reindeer-Evenki; Shamanism in Bangladesh; A Hmong Shaman's Séance; Chaesu Kut: A Korean Shamanistic Performance; Miyako Theology: Shamans' Interpretation of Traditional Beliefs; Liminal Experiences of Miyako Shamans: Reading a Shaman's Diary; Index , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-203-42500-6

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-415-29679-X

Language: English

DOI: 10.4324/9780203422649