The Lotus Sutra in Japanese Culture
Author : George Joji Tanabe
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 33,87 MB
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780824811983
Books In Print 2004-2005
Author : Ed Bowker Staff
Publisher : R. R. Bowker
Page : 3274 pages
File Size : 12,98 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780835246422
Book Description
The Wonderful Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra
Author : Hsüan Hua
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 30,20 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Tripiṭaka
ISBN :
Book Description
A Guide to the Threefold Lotus Sutra
Author : Niwano, N.
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 42,38 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Book Description
This concise, readily understandable book is designed as a guide to one of the supreme scriptures of Mahayana Buddhism: the Threefold Lotus Sutra. With careful consideration of the relationships among the 32 chapters, the author outlines the contents and explains the major points.
The Buddhist Poetry of the Great Kamo Priestess
Author : Edward Kamens
Publisher : U of M Center For Japanese Studies
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 11,2 MB
Release : 2020-08-01
Category :
ISBN : 0472038311
Book Description
Senshi was born in 964 and died in 1035, in the Heian period of Japanese history (794–1185). Most of the poems discussed here are what may loosely be called Buddhist poems, since they deal with Buddhist scriptures, practices, and ideas. For this reason, most of them have been treated as examples of a category or subgenre of waka called Shakkyoka, “Buddhist poems.” Yet many Shakkyoka are more like other poems in the waka canon than they are unlike them. In the case of Senshi’s “Buddhist poems,” their language links them to the traditions of secular verse. Moreover, the poems use the essentially secular public literary language of waka to address and express serious and relatively private religious concerns and aspirations. In reading Senshi’s poems, it is as important to think about their relationship to the traditions and conventions of waka and to other waka texts as it is to think about their relationship to Buddhist thoughts, practices, and texts. The Buddhist Poetry of the Great Kamo Priestess creates a context for the reading of Senshi’s poems by presenting what is known and what has been thought about her and them. As such, it is a vital source for any reader of Senshi and other literature of the Heian period.
Faces of Compassion
Author : Taigen Dan Leighton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 39,84 MB
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 1614290237
Book Description
Faces of Compassion introduces us to enlightened beings, the bodhisattvas of Buddhist lore. They're not otherworldly gods with superhuman qualities but shining examples of our own highest potential. Archetypes of wisdom and compassion, the bodhisattvas of Buddhism are powerful and compelling images of awakening. Scholar and Zen teacher Taigen Dan Leighton engagingly explores the imagery and lore of the seven most important of these archetypal figures, bringing them alive as psychological and spiritual wellsprings. Emphasizing the universality of spiritual ideas, Leighton finds aspects of bodhisattvas expressed in a variety of familiar modern personages - from Muhammad Ali to Mahatma Gandhi, from Bob Dylan to Henry Thoreau, and from Gertrude Stein to Mother Teresa. This edition contains a revised and expanded introduction that frames the book as a exciting and broad-scoped view of Mahayana Buddhism. It's updated throughout to make it of more use to scholars and a perfect companion to survey courses of world religions or a 200-level course on Buddhism.
The Heart of Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō
Author : Dōgen
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 33,86 MB
Release : 2002-01-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791452417
Book Description
Two of Dogen's most esteemed translators provide key chapters from his Zen masterpiece, the Shobogenzo, in English with annotations to guide the reader.
Poison Blossoms From a Thicket of Thorn
Author : Hakuin Zenji
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 34,50 MB
Release : 2014-07-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1619023873
Book Description
Hakuin Ekaku Zenji (1686–1769) was one of the greatest Zen masters ever to live. Originator of the famous koan "What is the sound of a single hand?" he is credited with reviving the Rinzai sect of Zen in Japan, and today all masters of that sect trace their lineage back to him. Through his numerous descendants, his influence is now felt worldwide, with his "Song of Zazen" chanted daily in temples around the globe. Norman Waddell has spent decades reading and translating Hakuin's vast writings. He has published several previous selections, all leading to his work on this monumental gathering, the Keiso Dokuzui, little known in Japan and never before translated into any foreign language. Interpreting such a text requires immersion in the material in its original language, as well as complete mastery of the available commentary. Probably no one alive is as fully prepared for this important and difficult task as Dr. Waddell. For this collection, Hakuin gathered together an enormous number and variety of pieces—commentaries, memorials, poems, koans, teisho (lectures), letters, and more. Having presented many of them live to the throng of students residing in and around his temple as well as to other audiences around the country,
Tao-Sheng's Commentary on the Lotus Sutra
Author : Young-ho Kim
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 45,88 MB
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791402276
Book Description
(Chu) Tao-sheng stands out in history as a unique and preeminent thinker whose paradigmatic, original ideas paved the way for the advent of Chinese Buddhism. The universality of Buddha-nature, which Tao-sheng championed at the cost of excommunication, was to become a cornerstone of the Chinese Buddhist ideology. This book presents a comprehensive study of the only complete document by Tao-sheng still in existence.
Bright Star, Luminous Cloud
Author : Zhiying Fu
Publisher : Buddha's Light Publishing
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 29,35 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1932293299
Book Description
Published twelve years after Handing Down the Light, Fu Zhiying looks back at the impact of Venerable Master Hsing Yun on the development of Buddhism in Bright Star, Luminous Cloud. Filled with bright stories and warm reminiscences, Bright Star, Luminous Cloud forms the narrative of the development of Humanistic Buddhism through the life and times of this innovative figure.
