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Pure Lands in Japanese Religion
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Today the term "Pure Land Buddhism" in the context of Japanese Religion commonly refers to the particular pure land inhabited by the Buddha called Amida. But in fact all buddhas and advanced bodhisattvas "purify" their physical environment, and thus their locales are termed "pure lands" (jodo ...), understood in contrast to the mundane samsaric existence of ordinary beings, who inevitably reside in "defiled land...
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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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Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitabha
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
; Richard K. Payne and Kenneth K. Tanaka, eds., Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitabha Kuroda Institute Studies in East Asian Buddhism 17. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2004. ix+304 pp. $32.00, cloth, ISBN 0-8248-2578-0. PURE LAND Buddhism has often been
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Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitabha.(Book review)
Philosophy East and West
; Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitabha. Edited by Richard K. Payne and Kenneth K. Tanaka. Kuroda Institute Studies in East Asian Buddhism 17. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2004. Pp. 328. Cloth $32.00. For most scholars even tenuously familiar with Asian
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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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The promised land
The Scotsman
; 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
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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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Guiding souls to a
New Straits Times
; New Straits Times 12-11-2005 Guiding souls to a Edition: New Sunday Times THE sonorous drone of a handbell struck at intervals with a small rod accompanies the chants of "Namo Amitabha Buddha" by a group of Buddhist volunteers dressed in black robes. They are at a wake. "There are many who die and
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Acceptance of the other as a similarly valid path and awareness of one's self-culpability: a deepening realization of my religious identity through dialogue.(INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST-CHRISTIAN THEOLOGICAL ENCOUNTER)
Buddhist-Christian Studies
; As the title of my paper indicates, two features of my identity have become more vivid as the result of my participation in the International Buddhist-Christian Theological Encounter (IBCTE) sessions. The first of the two stemmed from my rude awakening that not everyone involved with our sessions
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Buddhism in the Sung.(Review)
China Review International
; Peter N. Gregory and Daniel A. Getz, Jr., editors. Buddhism in the Sung. Kuroda Institute: Studies in East Asian Buddhism 13. Honolulu: Kuroda Institute/University of Hawai'i Press, 1999. 646 Pp. Hardcover $47.00, ISBN 0-8248-2155-6. This is volume 13 of the Kuroda Institute's excellent Studies in
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U.S. teacher leads Buddist talks in Lisle.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; Byline: Michael Wamble Daily Herald Staff Writer Honor, respect and care for your parents. It's a message found in a number of religions. For Venerable Wuling, it's a belief that comes from her Buddhist base. A former Rockford College student who is now a teacher at the Amitabha Buddhist Retreat
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