Buddhas And Ancestors

Author : Juhn Y. Ahn
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295743400

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Buddhas and Ancestors by Juhn Y. Ahn Pdf

Two issues central to the transition from the Koryo to the Choson dynasty in fourteenth-century Korea were social differences in ruling elites and the decline of Buddhism, which had been the state religion. In this revisionist history, Juhn Ahn challenges the long-accepted Confucian critique that Buddhism had become so powerful and corrupt that the state had to suppress it. When newly rising elites (many with strong ties to the Mongols) used lavish donations to Buddhist institutions to enhance their status, older elites defended their own adherence to this time-honored system by arguing that their donations were linked to virtue. This emphasis on virtue and the consequent separation of religion from wealth facilitated the Confucianization of Korea and the relegation of Buddhism to the margins of public authority during the Choson dynasty.

Author : Juhn Young Ahn
Publisher : Korean Studies of the Henry M.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 0295743387

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Buddhas & Ancestors by Juhn Young Ahn Pdf

"Two issues central to the transition from the Koryo to the Choson dynasty in fourteenth-century Korea were social differences in ruling elites and the decline of Buddhism, which had been the state religion. In this revisionist history, Juhn Ahn challenges the long-accepted Confucian critique that Buddhism had become so powerful and corrupt that the state had to suppress it, finding instead that the separation of religion from wealth facilitated the Confucianization of Korea and the relegation of Buddhism to the margins of public authority."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190677626

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Gods, Heroes, and Ancestors by Anonim Pdf

Though a minority religion in Vietnam, Christianity has been a significant presence in the country since its arrival in the sixteenth-century. Anh Q. Tran offers the first English translation of the recently discovered 1752 manuscript Tam Giáo Chu Vong (The Errors of the Three Religions). Structured as a dialogue between a Christian priest and a Confucian scholar, this anonymously authored manuscript paints a rich picture of the three traditional Vietnamese religions: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism. The work explains and evaluates several religious beliefs, customs, and rituals of eighteenth-century Vietnam, many of which are still in practice today. In addition, it contains a trove of information on the challenges and struggles that Vietnamese Christian converts had to face in following the new faith. Besides its great historical value for studies in Vietnamese religion, language, and culture, Gods, Heroes, and Ancestors raises complex issues concerning the encounter between Christianity and other religions: Christian missions, religious pluralism, and interreligious dialogue.

Author : Marilynn Hughes
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1449576931

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The Oral Transmissions of the 52 Soto Zen Buddhist Ancestors by Marilynn Hughes Pdf

THE ORAL TRANSMISSIONS OF THE 52 SOTO ZEN ANCESTORS: Shakyamuni Buddha founded the path of the successive 52 Soto Zen Ancestors when he awakened to the Way. The transmissions of the teachings to the 52 Ancestors in Zen Buddhist Tradition were never meant to reach the eyes of laymen. 'The Denkoroku: The Record of the Transmission of Light' was originally written only for the eyes of Zen monks. Shasta Abbey's late Abbess, Jiyu Kennett, who translated the text into English often said that the long sentences used in Zen would likely annoy American readers. But she made the decision to share some of the deeper teachings of Zen with the lay public even if they were unable to penetrate into the deeper meaning of the words. This book gives you an overview and insight into a subject otherwise only understood through lengthy study. (For more info - www.outofbodytravel.org)

Author : Joanne P. Miller
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666784725

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What the Ancestors Knew by Joanne P. Miller Pdf

This book is intended to engender debate. Its subject, faith in a modern Buddhist context, almost always carries with it the widespread but erroneous assumption that it is completely unimportant to the Buddhist path. Without really knowing what it is and how it differs from theistic versions, faith has been given a bad name. Moreover, naivety regarding the colonial orientalist agenda and bias of early Zen exegetes in the West has allowed modern Zennists to accept, almost unquestioningly, the view that faith and knowledge occupy opposite ends of the practice spectrum. As a result, trusted and authentic sources of authority, Zen ancestors and sutras, have often been prevented from speaking about a doctrinally sound and legitimate tool of realization mentioned in a stunningly large amount of sutras. It has also resulted in an erroneous and often condescending view of “faith schools” of Buddhism. Now is the perfect time in Zen’s journey in the West to reassess and address these shortcomings.

Author : Ted Biringer
Publisher : American Book Publishing
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781589825178

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The Flatbed Sutra of Louie Wing by Ted Biringer Pdf

Near death, Louie Wing gathered together his students and friends to impart his final Zen teachings. Hearing that the great master would soon pass on, people came from all walks of faith to hear his final words. The crowd that gathered was too large to fit in any nearby building, so Louie Wing spoke from the flatbed of a truck in a wide field. These teachings came to be called The Flatbed Sutra of Louie Wing. Through this allegorical character of Louie Wing, author Ted Biringer brings a life and a force to even the most abstract of Zen teachings. Inspired by the Zen classic The Platform Sutra of Hui-Neng, The Flatbed Sutra of Louie Wing brings an open, modern look at the classic philosophy of Zen. Driven by the belief that anyone can reach enlightenment, this book is made to be accessible for novices and experts alike and includes a glossary, short quotes and stories of Louie Wing, and an additional commentary on the Genjokoan.

Author : Keizan,Hubert Nearman
Publisher : Shasta Abbey Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110785099

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The Denkōroku, Or, The Record of the Transmission of the Light by Keizan,Hubert Nearman Pdf

Author : Liz Wilson
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438447544

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Family in Buddhism by Liz Wilson Pdf

The Buddha left his home and family and enjoined his followers to go forth and "become homeless." With a traditionally celibate clergy, Asian Buddhism is often regarded as a world-renouncing religion inimical to family life. This edited volume counters this view, showing how Asian Buddhists in a wide range of historical and geographical circumstances relate as kin to their biological families and to the religious families they join. Using contemporary and historical case studies as well as textual examples, contributors explore how Asian Buddhists invoke family ties in the intentional communities they create and use them to establish religious authority and guard religious privilege. The language of family and lineage emerges as central to a variety of South and East Asian Buddhist contexts. With an interdisciplinary, Pan-Asian approach, Family in Buddhism challenges received wisdom in religious studies and offers new ways to think about family and society.

Author : Wes Nisker
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307788726

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Buddha's Nature by Wes Nisker Pdf

The Buddha said that "everything we need to know about life can be found inside this fathom-long body." Then why is most people's spirituality--whether Buddhist, Christian, or Jewish--completely cut off from their body? In this provocative and groundbreaking book, you'll discover that enlightenment comes not from "out there," but from a deep understanding of our own personal biology. Using the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, a traditional Buddhist meditation, Nisker shows how cutting-edge science is proving the tenets first offered by the Buddha. And he provides a practical program, complete with meditations and exercises, that enables readers to become mindful of the origins of emotions, desires, and thoughts. One of the great synthesizers of East and West, Nisker shows how to incorporate the traditional understanding of the Buddha with the latest scientific discoveries while on our spiritual journey. He shows that we are not separate from nature and the evolving universe. The way to enlightenment lies within our very biology. Most important, Nisker offers a practical program--complete with meditations and exercises--so readers can take their own evolutionary journey into their bodies to find the origins of emotions, desires, and thoughts. Nisker provides a liberating way for each of us to incorporate into our lives the understanding, proven by the latest scientific evidence and foretold in the great traditional teachings of the Buddha, that we are not separate from nature and the evolving universe. Our biology is not our destiny, but our way to enlightenment.

Author : Stephen R. Bokenkamp
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-02
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780520249486

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Ancestors and Anxiety by Stephen R. Bokenkamp Pdf

A work on Chinese concepts of the afterlife. It explores how Chinese authors, including Daoists and non-Buddhists, received and deployed ideas about rebirth from the third to the sixth centuries CE. In tracing the antecedents of these scriptures, it presents non-Buddhist accounts that provide detail on the realms of the dead.

Author : Rahul Karn
Publisher : Rahul Karn
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780648574491

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The Zensational Buddha by Rahul Karn Pdf

Zen Masters have a unique relationship with Buddha. They love Buddha, yet sometimes they suggest us to kill the Buddha. One Zen Master didn't bow in front of the Buddha statue while other said that Buddha was a dried piece of dung. One ancient Zen Master burnt the Buddha statue, while other said that Buddha was a liar. This book is a collection of hundreds of Zen Stories, which will help you to see Buddha from a totally new Zen perspective!

Author : Kwanchewan Buadaeng
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Sgaw Karen (Southeast Asian people)
ISBN : 9746580175

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Buddhism, Christianity and the Ancestors by Kwanchewan Buadaeng Pdf

Author : Jundo Cohen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781614296461

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The Zen Master's Dance by Jundo Cohen Pdf

Zen Master's Dance makes some of Zen’s subtlest teaching deeply personal and freshly accessible. Eihei Dogen—the thirteenth-century Japanese Zen Master of peerless depth and subtlety—heard the music of the universe that sounds as all events and places, people, things, and spaces. He experienced reality as a great dance moving through time, coming to life in the thoughts and acts of all beings. It is a most special dance, the dance that the whole of reality is dancing, with nothing left out. All beings are dancing, and reality is dancing as all beings. In The Zen Master’s Dance, Jundo Cohen takes us deep into the mind of Master Dogen—and shows us how to join in the great and intimate dance of the universe. Through fresh translations and sparkling teaching, Cohen opens up for us a new way to read one of Buddhism’s most remarkable spiritual geniuses.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781462903023

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Wholehearted Way by Anonim Pdf

The Wholehearted Way is a translation of Eihei Dogen's Bendowa, one of the primary texts on Zen practice. Transcending any particular school of Buddhism or religious belief, Dogen's profound and poetic writings are respected as a pinnacle of world spiritual literature. Bendowa, or A Talk on the Wholehearted Practice of the Way, was written in 1231 A.D. and expresses Dogen's teaching of the essential meaning of zazen (seated meditation) and its practice. This edition also contains commentary on Bendowa by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi, a foreword by Taigen Daniel Leighton, and an Introduction by Shohaku Okumura, both of whom prepared this English translation.

Author : Charles S. Prebish,On-cho Ng
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789811682865

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The Theory and Practice of Zen Buddhism by Charles S. Prebish,On-cho Ng Pdf

This book brings together an impressive group of scholars to critically engage with a wide-ranging and broad perspective on the historical and contemporary phenomenon of Zen. The structure of the work is organized to reflect the root and branches of Zen, with the root referring to important episodes in Chan/Zen history within the Asian context, and the branches referring to more recent development in the West. In collating what has transpired in the last several decades of Chan/Zen scholarship, the collection recognizes and honors the scholarly accomplishments and influences of Steven Heine, arguably the most important Zen scholar in the past three decades. As it looks back at the intellectual horizons that this towering figure in Zen/Chan studies has pioneered and developed, it seeks to build on the grounds that were broken and subsequently established by Heine, thereby engendering new works within this enormously important religio-cultural scholarly tradition. This curated Festschrift is a tribute, both retrospective and prospective, acknowledging the foundational work that Heine has forged, and generates research that is both complementary and highly original. This academic ritual of assembling a liber amicorum is based on the presumption that sterling scholarship should be honored by conscientious scholarship. In the festive spirit of a Festschrift, this anthology consists of the resounding voices of Heine and his colleagues. It is an indispensable collection for students and scholars interested in Japanese religion and Chinese culture, and for those researching Zen Buddhist history and philosophy.