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	Lafcadio Hearn and Japanese Buddhism (Rexroth)
		This doctrine is the essence of Buddhism, common to all of its otherwise divergent sects.
		Buddhism was introduced into Korea in the fourth century and had thoroughly established itself in the three countries of the peninsula by the seventh.
		For the greater part of a century Buddhism was almost exclusively the religion of a faction of the nobility, and its fortune varied with the factional struggles of the court.
	www.bopsecrets.org /rexroth/hearn.htm (0 words)

	Presenting Japanese Buddhism to the West: Orientalism, Occidentalism, and the Columbian Exposition, by Judith ...
		The Buddhism they presented was not Zen, but Eastern Buddhism, the product of this movement, shaped by the imperatives of institutional, social, and political crises of the early Meiji period, and by the desire to produce an interpretation of Buddhism appropriate for the modern state.
		Although rivalry between Christianity and Buddhism was a significant factor in the restructuring of Meiji Buddhism and in the discourse at the Parliament, it was not simply a matter of confrontation between two clearly defined, monolithic opponents.
		The study of Meiji Buddhism was also marginalized by the emphasis on doctrine and its development, which direct focus to the points of "origin" recognized in the entry of schools from China (the Nara schools, Tendai and Shingon, Zen) or the development of new sects (the Pure Land Schools, Nichiren).
	uncpress.unc.edu /chapters/snodgrass_presenting.html (0 words)

	Tendai History
		The T'ien T'ai school of Buddhism was initiated by the Chinese monk Zhi-yi, whose efforts to classify the growing body of Buddhist schools and scriptures into a single system of thought, placing it all in an understandable context, characterized the comprehensive nature of T'ien T'ai philosophy throughout its subsequent history.
		As the Japanese nation descended into the lawless age that gave rise to the samurai governments of the Shoguns, all of the Japanese Buddhist sects began to maintain units of Sohei or warrior-monks to protect their temples and interests.
		Because Buddhism had been closely associated with the government of the Bakufu (even if involuntarily), there was a conscious effort by the new Meiji government to undercut the institutional power of the Buddhist schools, and new punitive measures were enacted against them.
	www.tendai.org /i_tendai_buddhism/history.html (0 words)

	JAPANESE BUDDHISM
		This is a brief introduction to Buddhism in Japan focusing on the main schools in Japan and terms the student is likely to encounter in the course of readings for HUM 310 Japan.
		It is not intended as a comprehensive look at Buddhism but is selective of material to assist the student in understanding the role of Buddhism in Japanese culture and society.
		Buddhism was brought to Japan from China at different periods by various individuals whose studies and practice differ widely.
	cla.calpoly.edu /~bmori/syll/Hum310japan/JBUDDHISM.html (0 words)

	GODS of Japan, A-to-Z Photo Dictionary of Japanese Buddhism (Info on Buddhist & Shinto Deities)
		After moving to Kamakura in 1993, I became intrigued by the many deities and faces of Japanese Buddhism and Shintoism.
		I do not profess to be a scholar of Japanese Buddhism, nor am I "fluent" in Japanese and Chinese.
		To provide as much precision as possible, the Japanese ideograms (kanji) are also presented, showing both the standard Japanese spelling and its hiragana equivalent.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/buddhism.shtml (995 words)

	Japanese Buddhism
		Buddhism was imported to Japan via China and Korea in form of a present from the friendly Korean kingdom of Kudara (Paikche) in the 6th century.
		While Buddhism was welcomed by the ruling nobles as Japan's new state religion, it did not initially spread among the common people due to its complex theories.
		During the Nara period, the great Buddhist monasteries in the capital Nara, such as the Todaiji, gained strong political influence and were one of the reasons for the government to move the capital to Nagaoka in 784 and then to Kyoto in 794.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2055.html (0 words)

	History of Japanese Buddhism
		This provided the means for the Japanese (who did not possess an indigenous writing system of their own) to assimilate the vast tradition of Chinese classics, and the Chinese version of the Buddhist canon.
		During the course of the development of Buddhism in Japan, the prevailing tendency is to search for fulfillment and ultimate truth, not in any transcendental sphere, but within the structure of secular life, neither denying nor repressing man’s natural feelings, desires or customs.
		However, the Buddhism of this early period – later known as the Nara period – was not a practical religion, being more the domain of learned preists whose official function was to pray for the peace and prosperity of the state and imperial house.
	buddhism.kalachakranet.org /history_japanese_buddhism.html (0 words)

	Japanese Buddhism, Buddhism in Japan, History of Japanese Buddhism..
		Japanese Buddhism was introduced in 584 B.C. when the monarch of the Korean empire of Paekche sent a Buddha statue and copies of sutras to the court of the Japanese emperor.
		The first was the establishment of the Zen School of Buddhism by the founder of the Rinzai Sect, Eisai which was later modified by the founder of the Soto sect, Dogen.
		The second major development which occurred in Japanese Buddhism was the rapid growth of popular Buddhist sects among the common masses.
	www.india-crafts.com /articles/japanese-buddhism.html (0 words)

	The Secularization of Japanese Buddhism
		As Winston Davis notes in his essay "The Secularization of Japanese Religion", there tends to be two opposed methods for approaching the idea of secularization: one that it is an inevitable result of the advance of modernism; the other that it is an impossibility based on man's essential religious nature.
		Although the conditions during World War II and the policies of the Japanese wartime governments were certainly exceptional, the status of the Buddhist priest during World War II shows the growing trend in modern Japanese society of not distinguishing priests from the rest of the society.
		As ancestor worship is a key aspect of Japanese religiosity, the Japanese priest has evolved into a very essential figure for his comforting and taking care of the souls of the dead.
	www.bpf.org /tsangha/tomatsusec.html (0 words)

	Japan Reference - Culture - Japanese Buddhism 日本の仏教
		The history of Buddhism in Japan can be roughly divided into three periods, namely the Nara period (up to 784), the Heian period (794-1185) and the post-Kamakura period (1185 onwards).
		Buddhism was first introduced to Japan via the Korean peninsula in 552, when Baekje monks came to Nara to introduce the eight doctrinal schools.
		Initial uptake of the new faith was slow, and Buddhism only started to spread some years later when Empress Suiko openly encouraged the acceptance of Buddhism among all Japanese people.
	www.jref.com /culture/japanese_buddhism.shtml (0 words)

	Japanese Buddhism: A Cultural History: Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data
		The result, as the Japanese embraced this new, foreign-born religion, was a centuries long "chemical reaction" between religion and culture.
		Japanese Buddhism examines how the religion shaped the people-with their own rich history-even as the people shaped the religion, with the result that Japanese Buddhism is unique in the world today.
		Delving deeply into the interplay between Buddhism and Japanese poetry, literature and even politics, this book is an invaluable addition to our understanding of Japan, Buddhism and the complex relationship between the two.
	www.halloween.com /halloween-books/free.php?in=us&asin=4333016843 (0 words)

	Jaffe, R.: Neither Monk nor Layman: Clerical Marriage in Modern Japanese Buddhism.
		Buddhism comes in many forms, but in Japan it stands apart from all the rest in one most striking way--the monks get married.
		Yet the transformation that began in the early Meiji period (1868-1912)--when monks were ordered by government authorities to adopt common surnames and allowed to marry, to have children, and to eat meat--today extends to all the country's Buddhist denominations.
		Jaffe traces the gradual acceptance of clerical marriage by Japanese Buddhists from the premodern emergence of the "clerical marriage problem" in the Edo period to its widespread practice by the start of the Second World War.
	press.princeton.edu /titles/7171.html (601 words)

	Journal of Global Buddhism: Shoji Research Article v.4
		Japanese immigrants, having come to Brazil since 1908 for work on coffee farms, owing to the liberation of slaves in 1888, lived in a predominantly Catholic nation, but one deeply syncretic in its religious practice.
		The presence of syncretism in the history of Buddhism is frequently mentioned with regard to its adaptation in Asia,(29) although its presence in and explanatory value for Buddhist practice in western countries has been little researched.
		In the Sri Lankan context, for which the concept of Protestant Buddhism was initially created, the influence of spirit cults and syncretic tendencies with Hindu elements in Buddhism was justified as a consequence of the distinction between the worldly (laukika) and the supramundane (lokottara) (Bechert 1978: 219, Gombrich and Obeyesekere 1988: 16).
	www.globalbuddhism.org /4/shoji032.htm (12851 words)

	Japan Omnibus - Religion - Buddhism
		But it was her son, the devout Prince Shotoku who is considered the real founder of Japanese Buddhism.
		Buddhism was practised mostly by the ruling classes until its popularity became more widespread in the Heian (794-1185) and Kamakura (1185-1333) periods, mainly in the form of the Jodo (Pure Land) and Nichiren (or Lotus) sects.
		With the mix of Shinto and Buddhism, this belief was connected with the Buddhist teaching against the killing of animals.
	www.japan-zone.com /omnibus/buddhism.shtml (765 words)

	Japanese Buddhism
		Strong ties between Buddhism and the government developed: the ordination of monks and nuns was controlled by the court, and temples were supported by taxes, by labor from designated households, and by lands donated by the government along with special tax considerations.
		The emphasis of Nara Buddhism was, rather, on rituals to ensure the prosperity of the state and the health and welfare of its rulers.
		Buddhism was ready for new developments that would flesh out the work of scattered hijiri, reform existing institutions, and break away from the old, established schools to create new ones.
	www.cs.ucla.edu /~jmg/ah/budd.over1.html (3049 words)

	Japanese Religions
		For this reason it is possible to speak both of 'Japanese religions' and of 'Japanese religion' especially as the Japanese language itself does not usually distinguish between the singular and the plural.
		Buddhism is linked to Japanese culture at many points: through the traditional way of the Samurai, generally known as bushido, through the austere no drama with its many Buddhist themes, through the tea ceremony which is intended to communicate simplicity and naturalness, through calligraphy and painting, and so on.
		Japanese Buddhism also gives plenty of scope for innovation since the proliferation of sects and independent temple organizations is accepted as a normal feature of religious life.
	www.hope.edu /academic/religion/reader/japan.html (4915 words)

	Tendai Buddhism
		Drawing on a wealth of medieval primary sources and modern Japanese scholarship, it places this discourse in its ritual, institutional, and social contexts, illuminating its importance to the maintenance of traditions of lineage and the secret transmission of knowledge that characterized medieval Japanese elite culture.
		Using the examples of Tendai and Nichiren Buddhism and their interactions throughout the medieval period, she calls into question both overly facile distinctions between "old" and "new" Buddhism and the long‑standing scholarly assumptions that have perpetuated them.
		Original enlightenment thought, in a broad sense, was not exclusive to Tendai Buddhism, nor is the question of its relationship to the new Kamakura Buddhism limited to the Kamakura period.
	www.wordtrade.com /religion/buddhism/budtendaiR.htm (1386 words)

	Buddha, Buddhism, and Japanese cultural dysfunction
		I had observed that the Japanese cultural customs in relationship to the concept of "honor" and "saving face" were established in such a way as to prevent individuals from having to set boundaries.
		One of the things that I was very happy to see was that the person raising the question about Buddhism was able to express her reaction to what I said and then read on until she came to an understanding of my perspective.
		Whatever the cause, the effect of Buddhism has been that a large part of the world's population has had several thousand years of cultural training in being stoical, of detaching from their feelings.
	www.joy2meu.com /Buddhism.html (4862 words)

	A Mirror for Women? Reflections of the Feminine in Japanese Buddhism
		However, within the human realm, not all have been considered to be born equal and different schools of Buddhism, to varying degrees, have made broad claims about the spiritual capacities of men as group and women as a group, women being understood to be at a disadvantage in relation to men.
		Japanese Buddhism, in particular, has been characterised by a persistent anti-feminism, with women being portrayed as not simply disadvantaged but positively dangerous.
		She regards Buddhism as a hindrance to the development of women's rights in Japan, identifying Buddhism as 'a reactionary philosophy' chained to outmoded and discredited views of 'women' (1993:113).
	www.westernbuddhistreview.com /vol4/mirror_for_women.html (4335 words)

	Amazon.com: Japanese Buddhism: A Cultural History: Books: Yoshiro Tamura,Jeffrey Hunter (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The result, as the Japanese embraced this new, foreign-born religion, was a centuries long "chemical reaction" between religion and culture.
		Japanese Buddhism examines how the religion shaped the people-with their own rich history-even as the people shaped the religion, with the result that Japanese Buddhism is unique in the world today.
		Delving deeply into the interplay between Buddhism and Japanese poetry, literature and even politics, this book is an invaluable addition to our understanding of Japan, Buddhism and the complex relationship between the two.
	www.amazon.com /Japanese-Buddhism-Cultural-Yoshiro-Tamura/dp/4333016843 (875 words)

	Identifying Buddhist Images in Japanese Painting and Sculpture
		Two of the most significant mandalas in Japanese Buddhism are the Taizokai Mandara, the "Womb-realm Mandala," and the Kongokai Mandara, the "Diamond-realm Mandala." Both are displayed at Toji, a Shingon sect temple founded in 796 in Kyoto, as well as in other Shingon temples throughout Japan.
		By the time Buddhism reached Japan in the sixth century, it had a thousand years of historical and religious development behind it.
		During that thousand-year period, Buddhism had accumulated hundreds of philosophers, exceptional scholars, outstanding monks and priests, an army of spiritual guardians ready to protect the Dharma and those who teach it, as well as stories of earthly and transcendent Buddhas and numerous savior beings.
	www.aasianst.org /EAA/sjoquist.htm (0 words)

	Oxford University Press: Rennyo and the Roots of Modern Japanese Buddhism: Mark L. Blum
		Though he is undeniably one of the most influential persons in the history of Japanese religion, his legacy remains enigmatic and largely overlooked by the West.
		A collection of 16 previously unpublished essays by both Japanese and non-Japanese scholars in the areas of historical studies, Shinshu studies, and comparative religion, it is the first book to confront many of the major questions surrounding the phenomenal growth of Honganji under Rennyo's leadership.
		Drawing together new research from both Japanese and Western scholars and representing a range of methodological perspectives, this collection of essays sheds valuable light on Rennyo's place in the social, political, and religious transformations of his day and the meaning of his legacy for contemporary Japanese Buddhism.
	www.oup.com /us/catalog/general/subject/ReligionTheology/Buddhism/~~/dmlldz11c2EmY2k9OTc4MDE5NTEzMjc1NQ== (625 words)

	SaruDama: Japanese buddhism (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The garden was created at the end of the 15th century and is widely regarded as a masterpieces of Japanese culture.
		The rock garden measures 30 meters from east to west and 10 meters from north to south.
		Taizo-In is the oldest among the 40 temples at Myoshinji, a large temple complex in the heart of Kyoto City.
	www.sarudama.com /japanese_religion/buddhism/index.shtml (866 words)

	Nara Buddhism
		For Buddhism was the religion of the civilized west and Japan had just begun actively importing the culture of China and Korea.
		For the bulk of Japan was culturally unaffected by the adoption of Chinese urban culture and Chinese Buddhism.
		Nevertheless, the earliest stages of Nara Buddhism were dominated by Korean and Chinese monks and priests.
	www.wsu.edu /~dee/ANCJAPAN/NARABUDD.HTM (749 words)

	A Guide to Japanese Buddhism
		Japanese personal names are traditionally written surname first.
		However, in keeping with modern Japanese editorial practice for publications in foreign languages, names of persons who lived after that date are written surname last.
		The Japanese, Sanskrit, and Pali languages make distinction between long and short vowels that are often important to meaning.
	www.buddhanet.net /nippon/nippon_toc.htm (0 words)

	JAPANESE BUDDHISM STUDY TOURS TARA JAPAN
		Visits to representative view of Japan's most historically significant Buddhist temples are the focus of Tara's Japanese Buddhism Study Tours.
		Led by a tour coordinator well-versed in Japanese Buddhism, each tour includes a presentation at one of these temples by a resident Buddhist priest, who introduces our visitors to the essential tenets of Japanese Buddhist religious philosophy and ritual.
		A the conclusion of each Japanese Buddhism Study Tour, optional visits to either a well frequented popular onsen or a secluded mountain onsen may be scheduled.
	www.tara-group.com /studytours/buddhism.htm (193 words)

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