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The promised land
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Success has come late for 59-year-old author Alan Spence, but his
true tale of a young Scot's extraordinary impact on 19th-century
Japan is earning him worldwide recognition
ALAN Spence was still in his teens when he first started to think
about reincarnation. A quiet, reflective boy, he would spend hours
alone in his Govan bedroom reading war comics about Japanese airmen,
his eye tracing the shape of the Rising Sun painted on the side of
the bombers. As he got older, he started readin...
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Tourists in Paradise: Writing the Pure Land in Medieval Japanese Fiction
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; Late-medieval Japanese fiction contains numerous accounts of lay and monastic travelers to the Pure Land and other extra-human realms. In many cases, the "tourists" are granted guided tours, after which they are returned to the mundane world in order to tell of their unusual experiences. This
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Entering the Pure Land: Hanamatsuri and the Okagura Jodo-iri Ritual of Okumikawa
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
; While the concept of the Pure Land found its way into many mainstream Buddhist doctrines and practices, it also was adopted by yamabushi of the syncretistic Shugendo cult. This article examines one example of this incorporation, namely the kagura of the Okumikawa region (present-day Aichi
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Ojoyoshu, Nihon Ojo Gokuraku-ki, and the Construction of Pure Land Discourse in Heian Japan
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
; The place of narrative in organizing our experience in the world has been the topic of much discussion in recent years. This paper starts from the position developed by the psychologist Jerome Bruner, who argues that there are two distinct modes of thought, the paradigmatic (or logico-scientific)
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The Phenomenon of Invoking Fudo for Pure Land Rebirth in Image and Text
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
; Invoking the esoteric Buddhist deity Fudo for rebirth is a lesser known aspect in the development of Pure Land worship. Fudo was invoked by reciting his incantation as a deathbed practice to attain proper mindfulness at death allowing rebirth into the Pure Land, particularly Miroku's Heaven, from
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The three minds and faith, hope, and love in pure land Buddhism.(ESSAYS)
Buddhist-Christian Studies
; ... enlightenment and nirvana. Hence, Pure Land Buddhism is good news to those forced by karma to live mundane lives keeping house ... raising children. In other words, Pure Land Buddhism is good news for the common person. Pure Land Buddhism, especially in the ...
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