Young man Shinran : a reappraisal of Shinran's life / / Takamichi Takahatake

• Autore: Takahatake Takamichi <1941->
• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1987
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 294.3/92
• Soggetto topico: Shin priests - Japan; Shin (Sect) - History
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Shinran Wrapped in a Shroud of Mystery -- Shinran and Tendai Thought and Practice on Mt. Hiei -- Shinran as Honen's Disciple -- Shinran's Exile and its Influence upon his Thought -- Shinran's Movement as Buddhist Reformation -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- An Annotated Chronological Table of Shinran's Life -- Index -- SR Supplements
• Sommario/riassunto: The Japanese Pure Land master Shinran (1173–1262) was a product of his age. His angst in the period of the decay of the Dharma, his subsequent search for spiritual liberation, and his ultimate discovery of the path of the nembutsu could not have occurred isolated from the social temper of his time, any more than his religious thought could have developed beyond the fabric of traditional Japanese Buddhist teachings and practices. This study concentrates on the relationship between Shinran's experiences in the first half of his life and his historical and social environment. Both the boldness and subtlety of his ideas begin to emerge in this examination, moving beyond the hagiographical limitations often characteristic of research into the Shin tradition. Numerous Shinran studies have been bound by the limitations of either purely historical or religious-philosophical analysis. But these two approaches have rarely been combined, and since Shinran's early life and his cultural environment together constitute not only the basis but also the matrix of his mature thought and practice, such a combination reveals both the power of his ideas and the cultural factors that stimulated their development.
• Titolo autorizzato: Young man Shinran
• ISBN: 9786613811004; 9780889201699; 0889201692; 9781282233263; 1282233262; 9780889205864; 0889205868
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154755103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SR supplements ; ; 18.