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

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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 "other side of Zen," by examining the movement's explosive growth during the Tokugawa period (1600-1867) in Japan...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Williams, Duncan Ryūken, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2005.
Series:Buddhisms.
Subjects:
Sōtōshū > Social aspects.
Sōtōshū
11.93 Buddhism.
RELIGION > Buddhism > Zen.
Social aspects
Sōtō-Schule
Zen.
Modern history.
Japan.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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