THREE Funerary Zen: Managing the Dead in the World Beyond

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
5. NOTES ON TRANSLITERATION AND ABBREVIATIONS xiii
6. ONE Toward a Social History of Sôtô Zen 1
7. TWO Registering the Family, Memorializing the Ancestors: The Zen Temple and the Parishioner Household 13
8. THREE Funerary Zen: Managing the Dead in the World Beyond 38
9. FOUR The Cult of Dôryô Daigongen: Daiyûzan and Sôtô Zen Prayer Temples 59
10. FIVE Medicine and Faith Healing in the Sôtô Zen Tradition 86
11. CONCLUSION The Other Side of Zen 117
12. APPENDIX A: NYONIN JÔBUTSU KETSUBONKYÔ ENGI (THE ORIGINS OF THE BLOOD POOL HELL SUTRA FOR WOMEN’S SALVATION) 125
13. APPENDIX B: SHINSEN GEDOKU MANBYÔEN FUKUYÔ NO KOTO (HOW TO PREPARE AND TAKE THE WIZARD MOUNTAIN “POISON-DISPELLING” PILL THAT CURES ALL ILLNESSES) 129
14. NOTES 133
15. GLOSSARY OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE 193
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 197
17. INDEX 235