Duncan Ryūken Williams
Autor(a) de Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds
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The other side of Zen : a social history of Sōtō Zen : Buddhism in Tokugawa Japan (2004) 15 exemplares
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- Obras
- 7
- Membros
- 142
- Popularidade
- #144,865
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 2
- ISBN
- 19
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 "funerary Zen" 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 "the history of Zen," Williams' work is based on careful 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.… (mais)