03556oam 2200709I 450 991077960090332120230617000641.01-136-12770-40-203-03742-11-283-88646-41-136-12762-310.4324/9780203037423 (CKB)2550000000710415(EBL)1099274(OCoLC)823389364(SSID)ssj0000812119(PQKBManifestationID)11443981(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000812119(PQKBWorkID)10860066(PQKB)10180604(MiAaPQ)EBC1099274(Au-PeEL)EBL1099274(CaPaEBR)ebr10639953(CaONFJC)MIL419896(OCoLC)822561538(FINmELB)ELB134159(EXLCZ)99255000000071041520180331d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrZen war stories /Brian Daizen VictoriaLondon ;New York :RoutledgeCurzon,2003.1 online resource (289 p.)The RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism seriesReprinted 2004.0-7007-1581-9 0-7007-1580-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-257) and index.Cover; ZEN WAR STORIES; Copyright; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Part I; 1 THE ZEN MASTER WEPT; 2 MONKS AND SOLDIERS MOVE ON THEIR STOMACHS; 3 THE ZEN OF ASSASSINATION; 4 ŌMORI SŌGEN: The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Zen; 5 ZEN MASTER DŌGEN GOES TO WAR: The militarist and anti-Semitic writings of Yasutani Haku'un; 6 CARRYING ZEN TO CHINA; 7 ZEN ""SELFLESSNESS"" IN JAPANESE MILITARISM; SECTION ONE: THE GENERAL AND THE ZEN MASTER; SECTION TWO: ZEN - THE FOUNDATION OF MILITARY SPIRIT; Part II; 8 BUDDHIST WAR BEREAVEMENT; 9 CONFESSIONS OF A BUDDHIST CHAPLAIN10 BUDDHISM - THE LAST REFUGE OF WAR CRIMINALSSECTION ONE: COLONEL TSUJI MASANOBU GOES UNDERGROUND; SECTION TWO: FINDING RELIGION ON DEATH ROW; 11 BUDDHISM - A TOP SECRET RELIGION IN WARTIME JAPAN; EPILOGUE; POSTSCRIPT; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXFollowing the critically acclaimed Zen at War (1997), Brian Victoria explores the intimate relationship between Japanese institutional Buddhism and militarism during the Second World War.Victoria reveals for the first time, through examination of the wartime writings of the Japanese military itself, that the Zen school's view of life and death was deliberately incorporated into the military's programme of 'spiritual education' in order to develop a fanatical military spirit in both soldiers and civilians. Furthermore, that D. T. Suzuki, the most famous exponent of Zen in the WestRoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism.World War, 1939-1945Religious aspectsZen BuddhismBuddhism and stateJapanHistory20th centuryZen BuddhismJapanHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945Religious aspectsZen Buddhism.Buddhism and stateHistoryZen BuddhismHistory940.53/52/088294311.93bcl15.75bclVictoria Daizen1939,1551664MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779600903321Zen war stories3811316UNINA