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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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2005.
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Series: | Buddhisms.
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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.