32. En the Ascetic

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Princeton Readings in Religions v
3. Note on Transliteration, Names, and Abbreviations vii
4. CONTENTS ix
5. Contents by Chronology xiii
6. Contents by Tradition xv
7. Contributors xvii
8. Introduction 1
9. Ethical Practices
10. SOCIAL VALUES
11. 1. Selected Anecdotes to Illustrate Ten Maxims 25
12. 2. Kaibara Ekken's Precepts on the Family 38
13. 3. The Shingaku of Nakazawa Dōni 53
14. CLERICAL PRECEPTS
15. 4. Eisai's Promotion of Zen for the Protection of the Country 63
16. 5. Shingon's Jiun Sonja and His "Vinaya of the True Dharma" Movement 71
17. 6. A Refutation of Clerical Marriage 78
18. LAY PRECEPTS
19. 7. Eison and the Shingon Vinaya Sect 89
20. 8. Kokan Shiren's Zen Precept Procedures 98
21. Ritual Practices
22. GODS
23. 9. Records of the Customs and Land of Izumo 113
24. 10. Miraculous Tales of the Hasedera Kannon 117
25. 11. Japanese Puppetry: From Ritual Performance to Stage Entertainment 124
26. 12. The Shinto Wedding Ceremony: A Modern Norito 135
27. SPIRITS
28. 13. Tama Belief and Practice in Ancient Japan 141
29. 14. Japan's First Shingon Ceremony 153
30. 15. Shingon Services for the Dead 159
31. 16. Genshin's Deathbed Nembutsu Ritual in Pure Land Buddhism 166
32. 17. Women and Japanese Buddhism: Tales of Birth in the Pure Land 176
33. 18. Epic and Religious Propaganda from the Ippen School of Pure Land Buddhism 185
34. 19. Buddhism and Abortion: "The Way to Memorialize One's Mizuko" 193
35. RITUALS OF REALIZATION
36. 20. The Contemplation of Suchness 199
37. 21. The Purification Formula of the Nakatomi 210
38. 22. Dōgen's Lancet of Seated Meditation 220
39. 23. Chidō's Dreams of Buddhism 235
40. 24. A Japanese Shugendō Apocryphal Text 246
41. FAITH
42. 25. On Attaining the Settled Mind: The Condition of the Nembutsu Practitioner 257
43. 26. Plain Words on the Pure Land Way 268
44. 27. Shinran's Faith as Immediate Fulfillment in Pure Land Buddhism 280
45. Institutional Practices
46. COURT AND EMPEROR
47. 28. The Confucian Monarchy of Nara Japan 293
48. 29. The Founding of the Monastery Gangōji and a List of Its Treasures 299
49. 30. Hagiography and History: The Image of Prince Shōtoku 316
50. 31. Nationalistic Shinto: A Child's Guide to Yasukuni Shrine 334
51. SECTARIAN FOUNDERS, WIZARDS, AND HEROES
52. 32. En the Ascetic 343
53. 33. The Founding of Mount Kōya and Kūkai's Eternal Meditation 354
54. 34. Legends, Miracles, and Faith in Kōbō Daishi and the Shikoku Pilgrimage 360
55. 35. A Personal Account of the Life of the Venerable Genkū 370
56. 36. Priest Nisshin's Ordeals 384
57. 37. Makuya: Prayer, Receiving the Holy Spirit, and Bible Study 398
58. ORTHOPRAXIS AND ORTHODOXY
59. 38. Mujū Ichien's Shintō-Buddhist Syncretism 415
60. 39. Contested Orthodoxies in Five Mountains Zen Buddhism 423
61. 40. Motoori Norinaga on the Two Shrines at Ise 435
62. 41. Shinto in the History of Japanese Religion: An Essay by Kuroda Toshio 451
63. 42. Sasaki Shōten: Toward a Postmodern Shinshū Theology 468
64. 43. Contemporary Zen Buddhist Tracts for the Laity: Grassroots Buddhism in Japan 487
65. SPECIAL PLACES
66. 44. Keizan's Dream History 501
67. 45. Tōkeiji: Kamakura's "Divorce Temple" in Edo Popular Verse 523
68. Appendix: Chinese Romanization Conversion Tables 551
69. Index 559