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The other side of Zen : a social history of Sōtō Zen : Buddhism in Tokugawa Japan /

"Popular understanding of Zen Buddhism typically involves a stereotyped image of isolated individuals in meditation, contemplating nothingness. This book presents the "other side of Zen," by examining the movement's explosive growth during the Tokugawa period (1600-1867) in Japan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Duncan Ryūken, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2005.
Colección:Buddhisms.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Toward a social history of Sōtō Zen
  • Registering the family, memorializing the ancestors : the Zen temple and the parishioner household
  • Funerary Zen : managing the dead in the world beyond
  • The cult of Dōryō Daigongen : Daiyūzan and Sōtō Zen prayer temples
  • Medicine and faith healing in the Sōtō Zen tradition
  • The other side of Zen.