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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... Figures given by the temple and by Japanese scholars estimate that it receives around 3 million visitors per year.17 While this figure may well be somewhat speculative - given that people may access the temple from a number of different ...
... Figures given by the temple and by Japanese scholars estimate that it receives around 3 million visitors per year.17 While this figure may well be somewhat speculative - given that people may access the temple from a number of different ...
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... figures of worship that figure in the Jūhōki , such as the Kitamuki Jizō , have subsequently disappeared , and this alerts us to the potential for change in the geography of benefits . The disappearance of such locations or their loss ...
... figures of worship that figure in the Jūhōki , such as the Kitamuki Jizō , have subsequently disappeared , and this alerts us to the potential for change in the geography of benefits . The disappearance of such locations or their loss ...
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... figures of worship who are identified with particu- laristic religious frameworks . Some figures of worship can readily straddle the borders between Buddhism and Shinto , but even if they do not , their importance is related more to ...
... figures of worship who are identified with particu- laristic religious frameworks . Some figures of worship can readily straddle the borders between Buddhism and Shinto , but even if they do not , their importance is related more to ...
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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