The other side of Zen : a social history of Sōtō Zen : Buddhism in Tokugawa Japan /
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| Author / Creator: | Williams, Duncan Ryūken, 1969- |
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| Imprint: | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005. |
| Description: | xiv, 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Buddhisms |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5814921 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Toward a social history of Soto Zen
- 2. Registering the family, memorializing the ancestors : the Zen temple and the parishioner household
- 3. Funerary Zen : managing the dead in the world beyond
- 4. The cult of Doryo Daigongen : Daiyuzan and Soto Zen prayer temples
- 5. Medicine and faith healing in the Soto Zen tradition
- Conclusion : the other side of Zen
- App. A. Nyonin Jobutsu Ketsubonkyo Engi (the origins of the blood pool hell sutra for women's salvation)
- App. B. Shinsen Gedoku Manbyoen Fukuyo No Koto (how to prepare and take the wizard mountain "poison-dispelling" pill that cures all illnesses).