Practical pursuits: religion, politics, and personal cultivation in nineteenth-century Japan
The fertility of dead words -- Divination as cultivation -- Breathing as purification -- The parameters of learning -- Practical learning in the meditation hall -- Koji Zen -- Shifting boundaries in the sangha -- The great synthesis -- Enlightened conservatives -- The enemy within
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
Honolulu
University of Hawai'i Press
2004
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In: | Year: 2004 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Politics
/ Religion
/ History 1800-1900
B Japan / Religious life / History 1800-1900 |
Further subjects: | B
Religion And Politics
History
19th century
Japan
B History of religion studies B Religion B Religion And Politics (Japan) History 19th century B Society B Syncretism B Philosophy |
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Summary: | The fertility of dead words -- Divination as cultivation -- Breathing as purification -- The parameters of learning -- Practical learning in the meditation hall -- Koji Zen -- Shifting boundaries in the sangha -- The great synthesis -- Enlightened conservatives -- The enemy within |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-368) and index |
ISBN: | 082482752X |