The religion of the samurai / / Kaiten Nukariya

• Autore: Nukariya Kaiten
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (332 p.)
• Disciplina: 299.5
• Soggetto topico: Zen Buddhism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: First published in 2004 by Kegan Paul Limited.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I HISTORY OF ZEN IN CHINA; 1. The Origin of Zen in India; 2. The Introduction of Zen into China by Bodhidharma; 3. Bodhidharma and the Emperor Wu; 4. Bodhidharma and his Successor, the Second Patriarch; 5. Bodhidharma's Disciples and the Transmission of the Law; 6. The Second and the Third Patriarchs; 7. The Fourth Patriarch and the Emperor Tai Tsung; 8. The Fifth and the Sixth Patriarchs; 9. The Spiritual Attainment of the Sixth Patriarch; 10. The Flight of the Sixth Patriarch ; 11. The Development of the Southern and the Northern School of Zen12. The Missionary Activity of the Sixth Patriarch; 13. The Disciples under the Sixth Patriarch; 14. Three Important Elements of Zen; 15. Decline of Zen; CHAPTER II HISTORY OF ZEN IN JAPAN; 1. The Establishment of the Rin Zai School of Zen in Japan; 2. The Introduction of the Sō Tō School of Zen; 3. The Characteristics of Dō-gen, the Founder of the Japanese Sō Tō Sect; 4. The Social State of Japan when Zen was Established by Ei-sai and Dō-gen; 5. The Resemblance of the Zen Monk to the Samurai ; 6. The Honest Poverty of the Zen Monk and the Samurai7. The Manliness of the Zen Monk and the Samurai; 8. The Courage and Composure of Mind of the Zen Monk and the Samurai; 9. Zen and the Regent Generals of the Hō-jō Period; 10. Zen after the Downfall of the Hō-jō Regency; 11. Zen in the Dark Age; 12. Zen under the Toku-gawa Shōgunate; 13. Zen after the Restoration; 1. Scripture is no More than Waste Paper; 2. No Need of the Scriptural Authority for Zen; 3. The Usual Explanation of the Canon; 4. Sūtras used by the Zen Masters; 5. A Sūtra Equal in Size to the Whole World ; 6. Great Men and Nature7. The Absolute and Reality are but an Abstraction; 8. The Sermon of the Inanimate; CHAPTER III THE UNIVERSE IS THE SCRIPTURE OF ZEN; CHAPTER IV BUDDHA, THE UNIVERSAL SPIRIT; 1. The Ancient Buddhist Pantheon; 2. Zen is Iconoclastic; 3. Buddha is Unnamable; 4. Buddha, the Universal Life; 5. Life and Change; 6. The Pessimistic View of Ancient Hindus; 7. Hīnayānism and its Doctrine; 8. Change as seen by Zen; 9. Life and Change; 10. Life, Change, and Hope; 11. Everything is Living according to Zen; 12. The Creative Force of Nature and Humanity ; 13. Universal Life is Universal Spirit14. Poetical Intuition and Zen; 15. Enlightened Consciousness; 16. Buddha Dwelling in the Individual Mind; 17. Enlightened Consciousness is not an Intellectual Insight; 18. Our Conception of Buddha is not Final; 19. How to Worship Buddha; CHAPTER V THE NATURE OF MAN; 1. Man is Good-natured according to Mencius; 2. Man is Bad-natured according to Siün Tsz; 3. Man is both Good-natured and Bad-natured according to Yan Hiung; 4. Man is neither Good-natured nor Bad-natured according to Su Shih; 5. There is no Mortal who is Purely Moral ; 6. There is no Mortal who is Non-moral or Purely Immoral
• Sommario/riassunto: First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
• Titolo autorizzato: The religion of the samurai
• ISBN: 1-315-81054-9; 1-317-79286-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464351703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Kegan Paul Japan library.