Women living Zen : Japanese Sōtō Buddhist nuns

Women living Zen : Japanese Sōtō Buddhist nuns / by Paula Kane Robinson Arai.

Based on both historical evidence and ethnographic data, this book shows that nuns were central agents in the foundation of Buddhism in Japan in the sixth century. They were active participants in the Sōtō Zen sect, and have continued to contribute to the advancement of the sect to the present day...

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Main Author: Arai, Paula Kane Robinson
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Monastic and religious life (Zen Buddhism) > Japan.
Buddhist nuns > Japan.
Religious life > Buddhism.
Buddhist nuns
Monastic and religious life (Zen Buddhism)
Religious life > Buddhism
Japan
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Contents; Transliteration Guide; Prologue; ONE: Introduction; Scholarly Contexts; Theoretical Considerations; Methodological Considerations; TWO: Historical Background; Pioneering Monastics; Dogen and Women; Tokugawa Encroachments; Meiji Reclamations; THREE: Twentieth-Century Leadership; First Generation: Rapid Ascent through Education; Second Generation: Strategists of Egalitarianism; Third Generation: Zen Master of a New Tradition; FOUR: The Monastic Practices of Zen Nuns; Nuns' Vision of Monastic Life; Daily Life in a Monastery of Zen Nuns; Divisions within the Monastery.
  • Ceremonial Rituals and ActivitiesEducational Curriculum and Degrees; The Aesthetics of Discipline; FIVE: Motivations, Commitments, and Self-Perceptions; Changing Life Patterns of Twentieth-Century Zen Nuns; Buddhist Practice: Meaning and Action; Nuns' Views on Monastic Life; SIX: Conclusion: Innovators for the Sake of Tradition; Preservers and Creators of Buddhist Tradition; Bearers and Transmitters of Traditional Japanese Culture; Endnotes; Appendix A. Questionnaire; Appendix B. Glossary of Japanese Terms; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; S; T; U; W; Y; Z; Bibliography.
  • IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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