Zen ritual : studies of Zen Buddhist theory in practice / edited by Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heine, Steven, 1950-

Wright, Dale Stuart.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zen Buddhism--Rituals.

Zen Buddhism.

Spiritual life--Zen Buddhism.

Spiritual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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: Myoan Eisai's "Regulations of the Zen school" / Albert Welter

Is Dogen'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 Dogen: 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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-029396-9

0-19-804146-2

9786611162993

0-19-530467-5

1-281-16299-X

1-4356-2009-7

OCLC:

190862010