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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Page 80
... Divine Blessings : The Flower Garland Sutra So , too , do the sutras speak equally of the cessation of desire . As ubiquitous as the promises of good things are the condemnations of passion and selfishness that give Buddhism its ...
... Divine Blessings : The Flower Garland Sutra So , too , do the sutras speak equally of the cessation of desire . As ubiquitous as the promises of good things are the condemnations of passion and selfishness that give Buddhism its ...
Page 105
... divine help to augment the efforts of the Kiso Traffic Safety Association to reduce accidents , 88 we see an important element common to all norito - namely , that benefits and blessings are always sought in conjunction with activities ...
... divine help to augment the efforts of the Kiso Traffic Safety Association to reduce accidents , 88 we see an important element common to all norito - namely , that benefits and blessings are always sought in conjunction with activities ...
Page 170
... divine Daishi , receiving and giving benefits , and the moral acts of social service . The divinization of Kūkai is based on the legend of how he entered into eternal meditation , which claims that his human life never really came to an ...
... divine Daishi , receiving and giving benefits , and the moral acts of social service . The divinization of Kūkai is based on the legend of how he entered into eternal meditation , which claims that his human life never really came to an ...
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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