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Author : Kentetsu Takamori
Release : 2023-06-10
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Book Synopsis Unlocking Tannisho (Traditional Chinese Version) by : Kentetsu Takamori
Download or read book Unlocking Tannisho (Traditional Chinese Version) written by Kentetsu Takamori. This book was released on 2023-06-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shin'ichi Hisamatsu
Release : 2002-11-30
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Critical Sermons of the Zen Tradition by : Shin'ichi Hisamatsu
Download or read book Critical Sermons of the Zen Tradition written by Shin'ichi Hisamatsu. This book was released on 2002-11-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together two giants of the history of Zen: Linji (Japanese, Rinzai) and Hisamatsu Shin'ichi. Linji is looked upon as the founder of the Rinzai sect in Japan. Hisamatsu was a leading twentieth century master/thinker who lived in Kyoto and was a tremendous influence on the development of the Kyoto school of Japanese philosophy. The translators and editors have translated and annotated twenty-two of Hisamatsu's Zen teisho (Dharma talks, in effect, sermons for Zen practitioners) of a classical Zen text, the Record of Linji, the recorded sayings of the Chinese founder of Rinzai Zen.
Author : Kentetsu Takamori
Release : 2011
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 152/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Unlocking Tannisho by : Kentetsu Takamori
Download or read book Unlocking Tannisho written by Kentetsu Takamori. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Originally published in Japanese by Ichimannendo Publishing under the title of Tannisho wo hiraku, 2008"--T.p. verso.
Author : Masao Abe
Release : 1991-11-08
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis A Study of Dōgen by : Masao Abe
Download or read book A Study of Dōgen written by Masao Abe. This book was released on 1991-11-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This complete translation of Masao Abe's essays on Dogen probes the core of the Zen master's philosophy and religion. This work analyzes Dogen's formative doubt concerning the notion of original awakening as the basis for his unique approach to nonduality in the doctrines of the oneness of practice and attainment, the unity of beings and Buddha-nature, the simultaneity of time and eternity, and the identity of life and death. Abe also offers insightful, critical comparisons of Dogen and various Buddhist and Western thinkers, especially Shinran and Heidegger.
Author : Sachi Schmidt-Hori
Release : 2021-06-30
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Tales of Idolized Boys by : Sachi Schmidt-Hori
Download or read book Tales of Idolized Boys written by Sachi Schmidt-Hori. This book was released on 2021-06-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In medieval Japan (14th–16th centuries), it was customary for elite families to entrust their young sons to the care of renowned Buddhist priests from whom they received a premier education in Buddhist scriptures, poetry, music, and dance. When the boys reached adolescence, some underwent coming-of-age rites, others entered the priesthood, and several extended their education, becoming chigo, or Buddhist acolytes. Chigo served their masters as personal attendants and as sexual partners. During religious ceremonies—adorned in colorful robes, their faces made up and hair styled in long ponytails—they entertained local donors and pilgrims with music and dance. Stories of acolytes (chigo monogatari) from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries form the basis of the present volume, an original and detailed literary analysis of six tales coupled with a thorough examination of the sociopolitical, religious, and cultural matrices that produced these texts. Sachi Schmidt-Hori begins by delineating various dimensions of chigo (the chigo “title,” personal names, gender, sexuality, class, politics, and religiosity) to show the complexity of this cultural construct—the chigo as a triply liminal figure who is neither male nor female, child nor adult, human nor deity. A modern reception history of chigo monogatari follows, revealing, not surprisingly, that the tales have often been interpreted through cultural paradigms rooted in historical moments and worldviews far removed from the original. From the 1950s to 1980s, research on chigo was hindered by widespread homophobic prejudice. More recently, aversion to the age gap in historical master-acolyte relations has prevented scholars from analyzing the religious and political messages underlying the genre. Schmidt-Hori’s work calls for a shift in the hermeneutic strategies applied to chigo and chigo monogatari and puts forth both a nuanced historicization of social constructs such as gender, sexuality, age, and agency, and a mode of reading propelled by curiosity and introspection.
