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Zen ritual : studies of Zen Buddhist theory in practice

Written by prominent scholars, this text covers rituals from the early Chan period to modern Japan and key developments that occurred in the Linji/Rinzai and Caodon/Soto schools. It describes how rituals mould the lives of its practitioners in accordance with the ideal of Zen awakening
eBook, English, 2008
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2008
1 online resource (xiii, 337 pages) : illustrations
9780198041467, 9781435620094, 9780195304671, 9780195304688, 9780199866861, 0198041462, 1435620097, 0195304675, 0195304683, 0199866864
190862010
Print version:
Introduction: Rethinking ritual practice in Zen Buddhism / Dale S. Wright
Ritual in Japanese Zen Buddhism / T. Griffith Foulk
Chan rituals of the abbots' ascending the dharma hall to preach / Mario Poceski
Buddhist rituals for protecting the country in medieval Japan: Myōan Eisai's "Regulations of the Zen school" / Albert Welter
Is Dōgen's Eiheiji temple "Mt. T'ien-t'ung East"?: geo-ritual perspectives on the transition from Chinese Ch'an to Japanese Zen / Steven Heine
Zazen as an enactment ritual / Taigen Dan Leighton
Women and Dōgen: rituals actualizing empowerment and healing
Paula K.R. Arai
Invocation of the sage: the ritual to glorify the emperor / Michel Mohr
Meditation in motion: textual exegesis in the creation of ritual / David E. Riggs
Dharma transmission in theory and practice / William M. Bodiford