Other Side of Zen (eBook)

A Social History of Soto Zen Buddhism in Tokugawa Japan

Duncan Ryuken Williams (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
256 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3259-0 (ISBN)

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Popular understanding of Zen Buddhism typically involves a stereotyped image of isolated individuals in meditation, contemplating nothingness. This book presents the "e;other side of Zen,"e; by examining the movement's explosive growth during the Tokugawa period (1600-1867) in Japan and by shedding light on the broader Japanese religious landscape during the era. Using newly-discovered manuscripts, Duncan Ryuken Williams argues that the success of Soto Zen was due neither to what is most often associated with the sect, Zen meditation, nor to the teachings of its medieval founder Dogen, but rather to the social benefits it conveyed.Zen Buddhism promised followers many tangible and attractive rewards, including the bestowal of such perquisites as healing, rain-making, and fire protection, as well as "e;funerary Zen"e; rites that assured salvation in the next world. Zen temples also provided for the orderly registration of the entire Japanese populace, as ordered by the Tokugawa government, which led to stable parish membership.Williams investigates both the sect's distinctive religious and ritual practices and its nonsectarian participation in broader currents of Japanese life. While much previous work on the subject has consisted of passages on great medieval Zen masters and their thoughts strung together and then published as "e;the history of Zen,"e; Williams' work is based on care ul examination of archival sources including temple logbooks, prayer and funerary manuals, death registries, miracle tales of popular Buddhist deities, secret initiation papers, villagers' diaries, and fund-raising donor lists.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.6.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series
• Reihe/Serie: Buddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series
• Zusatzinfo: 3 line illus. 7 halftones. 7 tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Schlagworte: Abbreviation • afterlife imagery • Akadama Jinkyōgan • Akutsu Shōemon • Amida Buddha • ancestors • Aruga Kizaemon • Bhikkhu • Birnbaum, Raoul • Bodhisattva • bodhisattva cult • Buddhahood • Buddhism • Buddhism in Japan • Buddhist Studies • buddhist temple • buddhist texts • Butsujō • ceramic plate priests • Chan Buddhism • Chest Pain • childbirth rites • Chinese Buddhism • Chōjuin Temple • Christian • Christianity • common religion • Confraternities • Constipation • continuity model • Daiyūgan • Daranisuke • deity • Dharma name • Dharma succession • Disease • Dōryō Daigongen • dysmenorrhea • eagle legends • early modern period • Edo Period • Enjōji Temple • faith healing • Faith in Buddhism • fires and firefighting • Fumi-e • funerary Buddhism • Funrei • Gedokuen • ghost sleeves • Ginger • Gokūshiki • Gongen • gonorrhea • Gratitude • Guanyin • Hakone Betsuin • Hatano Yoshishige • Headache • herb • hidden or secret Buddha • Hirose Ryōkō • homeless people • Household • Hungry ghost • Ichimantai Jizō • imperial household • Incense • infanticide • Ishikawa Rikizan • Izumiya Sakuemon • Japanese name • Japanese Zen • Jippensha Ikku • Jōdo Shin sect • kaimyō • Kakumon • Kangakuya pharmacy • Kirishitan • Kojiki • Kokugakuin University • Komazawa University • Kurozumikyō • LaFleur, William • Lalou, Marcelle • Lay leader • Leprosy • Leukorrhea • Literature • Local History • Lotus Sutra • Lycoris radiata • Machida incident • magical therapeutics • Mahayana • mahayana buddhism • Malaria • Meiji period • Meiji University • Memorial service (Orthodox) • menopause • Menstruation • Middle Ages • Miso soup • Monastery • Monasticism • Monumenta Nipponica • Mount Fuji • Nakagawa Sugane • Neo-Confucianism • Nichiren • Nichiren Buddhism • Odawara • Ordination • Parish • phlegm • Posthumous name • Precept • Princeton University Press • recitation • Reincarnation • Religion • Religion in Japan • Religiosity • Rite • Sacred Mountains • Sagami Province • Sanskrit • sect • Shingon Buddhism • shrine • Smallpox • Surname • Taima Mandala • Taoism • Temple name • tendai • Tengu • The Buddhist (TV channel) • The Other Hand • Tibetan Buddhism • tokugawa ieyasu • Toyotomi Hideyoshi • Transliteration • Tuberculosis • University of Hawaii Press • Writing • Yamabushi • Zen lineage charts • zen master
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-3259-4 / 1400832594
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-3259-0 / 9781400832590