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 166
... particular place to which Hideyoshi's wife went to pray successfully for conceiving a child . Preg- nant women who go there to pray for safe and easy childbirth receive a set of objects known as the " the bell strings for safe ...
... particular place to which Hideyoshi's wife went to pray successfully for conceiving a child . Preg- nant women who go there to pray for safe and easy childbirth receive a set of objects known as the " the bell strings for safe ...
Page 202
... particular benefit or set of benefits that forms the focus of the pil- grimage . This can be discerned by the ... particular deity and often a particular site of worship , but the pursuit of practical benefits is frequently an important ...
... particular benefit or set of benefits that forms the focus of the pil- grimage . This can be discerned by the ... particular deity and often a particular site of worship , but the pursuit of practical benefits is frequently an important ...
Page 241
... particular benefit . They may describe temples , shrines , and deities as particularly efficacious or famous for ... particular shrine or temple's status in its particular field of benefit — noting , for example , that the Jishu Shrine ...
... particular benefit . They may describe temples , shrines , and deities as particularly efficacious or famous for ... particular shrine or temple's status in its particular field of benefit — noting , for example , that the Jishu Shrine ...
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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