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Cultivating spirituality : a modern Shin Buddhist anthology / edited by Mark L. Blum and Robert F. Rhodes.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 309 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781438439839
  • 1438439830
Other title:
  • Modern Shin Buddhist anthology
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cultivating spirituality.DDC classification:
  • 294.3/440952 22
LOC classification:
  • BQ8715.4 .C85 2011eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • BE 8508
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Contents:
Shin Buddhism in the Meiji Period / Mark L. Blum -- -- Kiyozawa Manshi -- -- Kiyozawa Manshi : Life and Thought / Mark L. Blum -- Why Do Buddhists Lack Self-Respect? / Kiyozawa Manshi ; translated by Mark L. Blum -- Negotiating Religious Morality and Common Morality / Kiyozawa Manshi ; translated by Mark L. Blum -- The Nature of My Faith / Kiyozawa Manshi ; translated by Mark L. Blum -- -- Soga Ryōjin -- -- Soga Ryōjin : Life and Thought / Robert F. Rhodes -- A Savior on Earth : The Meaning of Dharmākara Bodhisattva's Advent / Soga Ryōjin ; translated by Jan Van Bragt -- Shinran's View of Buddhist History / Soga Ryōjin ; translated by Jan Van Bragt -- Lectures on the Tannishō / Soga Ryōjin ; translated by Jan Van Bragt -- -- Kaneko Daiei -- -- Kaneko Daiei : Life and Times / Robert Rhodes -- Prolegomena to Shin Buddhist Studies / Kaneko Daiei ; translated by Robert Rhodes -- -- Yasuda Rijin -- -- Yasuda Rijin : Life and Thought / Paul Watt -- The Practical Understanding of Buddhism / Yasuada Rijin ; translated by Paul Watt -- The Mirror of Nothingness / Yasuda Rijin ; translated by Paul Watt -- A Name but Not a Name Alone / Yasuda Rijin ; translated by Paul Watt.
Summary: Cultivating Spirituality is a seminal anthology of Shin Buddhist thought, one that reflects this tradition's encounter with modernity. Shin (or Jodō Shinshū) is a popular form of Pure Land Buddhism, the most widely practiced form of Buddhism in Japan, but is only now becoming well known in the West. The lives of the four thinkers included in the book spanned the years 1863-1982, from the Meiji opening to the West to Japan's establishment as an industrialized democracy and world economic power. Kiyozawa Manshi, Soga Ryōjin, Kaneko Daiei, and Yasuda Rijin, all associated with Kyoto's Ōtani University, dealt with the spiritual concerns of a society undergoing great change. Their philosophical orientation known as "Seishinshugi" ("cultivating spirituality") provides a set of principles that prioritized personal, subjective experience as the basis for religious understanding. In addition to providing access to work generally unavailable in English, this volume also includes both a contextualizing introduction and introductions to each figure included.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)421952

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Shin Buddhism in the Meiji Period / Mark L. Blum -- -- Kiyozawa Manshi -- -- Kiyozawa Manshi : Life and Thought / Mark L. Blum -- Why Do Buddhists Lack Self-Respect? / Kiyozawa Manshi ; translated by Mark L. Blum -- Negotiating Religious Morality and Common Morality / Kiyozawa Manshi ; translated by Mark L. Blum -- The Nature of My Faith / Kiyozawa Manshi ; translated by Mark L. Blum -- -- Soga Ryōjin -- -- Soga Ryōjin : Life and Thought / Robert F. Rhodes -- A Savior on Earth : The Meaning of Dharmākara Bodhisattva's Advent / Soga Ryōjin ; translated by Jan Van Bragt -- Shinran's View of Buddhist History / Soga Ryōjin ; translated by Jan Van Bragt -- Lectures on the Tannishō / Soga Ryōjin ; translated by Jan Van Bragt -- -- Kaneko Daiei -- -- Kaneko Daiei : Life and Times / Robert Rhodes -- Prolegomena to Shin Buddhist Studies / Kaneko Daiei ; translated by Robert Rhodes -- -- Yasuda Rijin -- -- Yasuda Rijin : Life and Thought / Paul Watt -- The Practical Understanding of Buddhism / Yasuada Rijin ; translated by Paul Watt -- The Mirror of Nothingness / Yasuda Rijin ; translated by Paul Watt -- A Name but Not a Name Alone / Yasuda Rijin ; translated by Paul Watt.

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Cultivating Spirituality is a seminal anthology of Shin Buddhist thought, one that reflects this tradition's encounter with modernity. Shin (or Jodō Shinshū) is a popular form of Pure Land Buddhism, the most widely practiced form of Buddhism in Japan, but is only now becoming well known in the West. The lives of the four thinkers included in the book spanned the years 1863-1982, from the Meiji opening to the West to Japan's establishment as an industrialized democracy and world economic power. Kiyozawa Manshi, Soga Ryōjin, Kaneko Daiei, and Yasuda Rijin, all associated with Kyoto's Ōtani University, dealt with the spiritual concerns of a society undergoing great change. Their philosophical orientation known as "Seishinshugi" ("cultivating spirituality") provides a set of principles that prioritized personal, subjective experience as the basis for religious understanding. In addition to providing access to work generally unavailable in English, this volume also includes both a contextualizing introduction and introductions to each figure included.