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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Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan Ian Reader, George Joji Tanabe, George J. Tanabe (Jr.) michi ( Toward faith in Kankiten ) , Kankiten being the main figure of worship at the temple . Matsumoto writes as follows : One ...
Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan Ian Reader, George Joji Tanabe, George J. Tanabe (Jr.) michi ( Toward faith in Kankiten ) , Kankiten being the main figure of worship at the temple . Matsumoto writes as follows : One ...
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Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan Ian Reader, George Joji Tanabe, George J. Tanabe (Jr.) peated his question to Nāgasena : what is the point of renunciation ? Nāgasena replied that the great benefit of severing oneself ...
Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan Ian Reader, George Joji Tanabe, George J. Tanabe (Jr.) peated his question to Nāgasena : what is the point of renunciation ? Nāgasena replied that the great benefit of severing oneself ...
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... benefits in this life promised by the Lotus Sutra are not this - worldly boons but otherworldly ones- namely , the promise and prediction of buddhahood in the next life . This - worldly benefits are based on desires that are soundly con ...
... benefits in this life promised by the Lotus Sutra are not this - worldly boons but otherworldly ones- namely , the promise and prediction of buddhahood in the next life . This - worldly benefits are based on desires that are soundly con ...
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Practically Religious: Worldly Benefits and the Common Religion of Japan Ian Reader,George J. Tanabe No preview available - 1998 |
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