Zazen or Not Zazen?: The Predicament of Sōtōshū's Kaikyōshi in Brazil

In this paper, I discuss the establishment of Sōtō Zenshū missions in Brazil. I contend that the discourse on Zen that emerged from the writings of D. T. Suzuki and the Kyoto School to resist Western cultural hegemony not only fed the Zen boom in the West, but has more recently impacted on the Zen p...

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Main Author: Rocha, Cristina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [2004]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2004, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 163-184
Further subjects:B Zen Buddhism
B Monks
B Religious Studies
B Religious rituals
B Japanese culture
B Nuns
B Catholicism
B Temples
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