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 66
... produced by the performance of this austere ritual , is given to all who participate . Please make a sign of prayer and recite the sacred mantra of Kōbō Daishi ( namu Daishi henjō kongo ) . Through this goma ritual all one's evil ...
... produced by the performance of this austere ritual , is given to all who participate . Please make a sign of prayer and recite the sacred mantra of Kōbō Daishi ( namu Daishi henjō kongo ) . Through this goma ritual all one's evil ...
Page 124
... produced a comprehensive dictionary of the deities that provide benefits , the mechanisms by which , they aver , this is done , and the moral underpinnings of this - worldly benefits - condemn those whom they view as the lazy ingrates ...
... produced a comprehensive dictionary of the deities that provide benefits , the mechanisms by which , they aver , this is done , and the moral underpinnings of this - worldly benefits - condemn those whom they view as the lazy ingrates ...
Page 244
... produced all manner of benefits . Thus we hear that the yonaki ( night crying ) Jizō at Jōkakuji has produced numerous miracles in which children have been cured of crying at night , 34 that the Erikake Jizō at Saibōji in Toshima ward ...
... produced all manner of benefits . Thus we hear that the yonaki ( night crying ) Jizō at Jōkakuji has produced numerous miracles in which children have been cured of crying at night , 34 that the Erikake Jizō at Saibōji in Toshima ward ...
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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