On the verge of damnation and buddhahood: motherhood, female corporeality, and koan exegesis
Buddhist scriptures depict the female body according to two contrasting models. On the one hand, female flesh is the epitome of defilement that hinders proper salvation. Yet, on the other hand, the gestational body is employed as a metaphor and a model to depict the highest spiritual perfection of t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
2023
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 50, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-48 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ise niji kirigami
/ Sōtōshū
/ Esotericism
/ Woman
/ Body
/ Pregnancy
/ Salvation
/ Koan
/ Kami
/ Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism BN Shinto KBM Asia NBE Anthropology NBK Soteriology NCF Sexual ethics TJ Modern history |
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