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A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism offers a comprehensive, nuanced, and chronological account of the evolution of Buddhist religion in Japan from the sixth century to the present day. * Traces each period of Japanese history to reveal the complex and often controversial histories of Japanese Buddhists and their unfolding narratives * Examines relevant social, political, and transcultural contexts, and places an emphasis on Japanese Buddhist discourses and material culture * Addresses the increasing competition between Buddhist, Shinto, and Neo-Confucian world-views through to the mid-nineteenth century * Informed by the most recent research, including the latest Japanese and Western scholarship * Illustrates the richness and complexity of Japanese Buddhism as a lived religion, offering readers a glimpse into the development of this complex and often misunderstood tradition.

Buddhism --- Buddhism and culture --- Religion --- History. --- General (see also PHILOSOPHY --- Buddhist). --- History --- General (see also philosophy --- RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist). --- Buddhism - Japan - History. --- Buddhism and culture - Japan - History.

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"Is it possible to be a conscientious citizen of the world and grow wealth? The author, a Buddhist and a financial planner, says yes and explains exactly how. Jonathan DeYoe shows how money drives so many of our decisions. But while we worry about earning it, spending it, and saving it, few of us face it head on. The whole point of Buddhism, he says, is "to deal with what is, to look it straight in the eye," and in the context of finances, this means not averting our eyes, deferring to experts, or engaging in get-rich-quick magical thinking. With this in mind, DeYoe shows readers, no matter their income level or spiritual perspective, how to save and invest, pay off debt, and invest for retirement according to their deepest beliefs. The author does all this while emphasizing that money is merely a tool for providing not only material peace of mind but also "the happiness dividend" we all deserve"--

Finance, Personal. --- Investments. --- Finance --- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Finance / Money Management. --- SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness. --- RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist) --- Investing --- Investment management --- Portfolio --- Disinvestment --- Loans --- Saving and investment --- Speculation --- Finance, Personal --- Financial management, Personal --- Financial planning, Personal --- Personal finance --- Personal financial management --- Personal financial planning --- Financial literacy --- Religious aspects. --- Planning

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"Xuanzang (600/602-664) was one of the most accomplished and consequential monks in the history of East Asian Buddhism. Celebrated for his sixteen-year pilgrimage from China to India, his transmission and translation of hundreds of Buddhist texts, and his training of a generation of masters in China, Korea, and Japan, Xuanzang's life and legacy are the stuff of legend. In the centuries after his death, stories of his epic adventures and extraordinary accomplishments circulated in texts, images, songs, and plays. These mythic accounts recast the erudite pilgrim, translator, and court cleric as a magical monk who traveled not between China and India but between heaven and earth. Beset by bloodthirsty demons, this deified version of Xuanzang navigates the perilous paths of the netherworld to reach a pure land in the west. His purpose is to acquire a cache of sacred scriptures with the power to safeguard the living and deliver the dead. Along the way, he is guided and protected by a mischievous monkey, a lazy pig, a demonic monk, and a dragon horse. This imaginative and compelling tale received its fullest and most influential treatment in the famous sixteenth-century novel Journey to the West. In this engaging exploration of the confluence of myth, narrative, and ritual, Benjamin Brose uncovers the hidden histories of Xuanzang's many afterlives. Beginning in the eleventh century and continuing to the present day, devotees have summoned Xuanzang and his band of misfit pilgrims to perform exorcisms, guide the spirits of the dead, and possess the bodies of insurgents. Embodying Xuanzang traces the postmortem travels of China's greatest pilgrim and reveals the narrative and performative roots of China's best-known novel"

Asian history. --- Asiatische Geschichte. --- Bouddhisme --- Buddhism --- Buddhism. --- Buddhismus. --- Buddhist legends --- Buddhist legends. --- HISTORY / Asia / General. --- LITERARY CRITICISM / General. --- Literary studies: general. --- Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein. --- Légendes bouddhiques --- RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist). --- Rituel --- Rituals --- Rituals. --- Xuanzang, --- Wu, Cheng'en, --- Legends. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Xi you ji (Wu, Cheng'en). --- China.

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"The Moon Points Back investigates central areas of Buddhist philosophy--most importantly the notion of emptiness (śunyatā)--applying the techniques of contemporary analytic philosophy and logic. This allows for novel understandings and insights of these areas, and shows how Buddhist philosophers can engage with debates in contemporary Western philosophy"--

Sunyata. --- Buddhist philosophy. --- Analysis (Philosophy) --- Philosophy, Comparative. --- J1809 --- Comparative philosophy --- Analysis, Linguistic (Philosophy) --- Analysis, Logical --- Analysis, Philosophical --- Analytic philosophy --- Analytical philosophy --- Linguistic analysis (Philosophy) --- Logical analysis --- Philosophical analysis --- Philosophy, Analytical --- Language and languages --- Methodology --- Philosophy --- Logical positivism --- Semantics (Philosophy) --- Philosophy, Buddhist --- Buddhism and philosophy --- Emptiness (Sunyata) --- Nothingness (Sunyata) --- Relativity (Sunyata) --- Suññatā --- Void (Sunyata) --- Buddhism --- Buddhist philosophy --- Mādhyamika (Buddhism) --- Truth --- Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- theory, methodology and philosophy --- Doctrines --- Religious aspects --- PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist. --- RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist). --- PHILOSOPHY / Religious. --- Sunyata --- Philosophy, Comparative

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One of the three great gods of Hinduism, Siva is a living god. The most sacred and most ancient book of India, The Rg Veda, evokes his presence in its hymns; Vedic myths, rituals, and even astronomy testify to his existence from the dawn of time. In a lively meditation on Siva--based on original Sanskrit texts, many translated here for the first time--Stella Kramrisch ponders the metaphysics, ontology, and myths of Siva from the Vedas and the Puranas. Who is Siva? Who is this god whose being comprises and transcends everything? From the dawn of creation, the Wild God, the Great Yogi, the sum of all opposites, has been guardian of the absolute. By retelling and interweaving the many myths that keep Siva alive in India today, Kramrisch reveals the paradoxes in Siva's nature and thus in the nature of consciousness itself.

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