Practically Religious: Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of JapanPraying for practical benefits is a common religious activity in Japan. Basing their work on a fusion of textual, ethnographic, historical and contemporary studies, the authors of this volume demonstrate that far from being marginal, the concepts and practices surrounding genze riyaku lie at the very heart of the Japanese religious world. |
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... developed . In this chapter we examine the whole process of selling benefits and its interrelated theme of pro- moting temples and shrines and , indeed , spreading religious teach- ings . As has been widely noted , the practical ...
... developed . In this chapter we examine the whole process of selling benefits and its interrelated theme of pro- moting temples and shrines and , indeed , spreading religious teach- ings . As has been widely noted , the practical ...
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... developed as a center of Kankiten worship from the seventeenth century onward : its founder , the monk Hōzan Tankai , was a worshiper of the deity and hence en- shrined Kankiten at the temple he founded . Kankiten is not , how- ever ...
... developed as a center of Kankiten worship from the seventeenth century onward : its founder , the monk Hōzan Tankai , was a worshiper of the deity and hence en- shrined Kankiten at the temple he founded . Kankiten is not , how- ever ...
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... developed by Buddhist priests and temples . A primary stim- ulus came from Gōtō Masahiro , the enterprising president of a Bud- dhist statue manufacturing company in Kyoto . Gōtō , having con- ceived of the idea , persuaded a number of ...
... developed by Buddhist priests and temples . A primary stim- ulus came from Gōtō Masahiro , the enterprising president of a Bud- dhist statue manufacturing company in Kyoto . Gōtō , having con- ceived of the idea , persuaded a number of ...
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Practically Religious: Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan Ian Reader,George J. Tanabe No preview available - 1998 |
Common terms and phrases
activities affirmed amulets amulets and talismans assimilation associated belief Benten buddhas Buddhist Buddhist temples centers Chapter common religion deity divine doctrine Ebisu efficacy example faith figures of worship fortune Fudō genze riyaku goma goriyaku guidebooks Hachiman hatsumōde healing honji suijaku Hōzanji Ibid Ikoma Inari Japan Japanese religion Jinja Jizō Jōdo Shin kami Kankiten Kannon Kawasaki Daishi Kōbō Daishi Kōyasan Kūkai Kyoto legends Lotus Sutra luck magic means Mikoto miracle moral Nakayama-dera offer ofuda omamori one's Osaka Pachinko petition petitioners pilgrimage pilgrims popular practical benefits pray prayer prefecture priests purchase religious institutions ritual Saijō scriptural sect sectarian seeking benefits shichifukujin Shikoku shimbutsu Shingon shinkō Shinran Shinto shrines shrine or temple shrines and temples shūkyō social Sōka Gakkai Sōtō spiritual statue stories talismans temple's temples and shrines this-worldly benefits tion Tokyo tradition traffic safety visitors votive tablets worldly benefits Yakushi