[PDF.13lb] The Other Side of Zen: A Social History of Soto Zen Buddhism in Tokugawa Japan

The Other Side of Zen: A Social History of Soto Zen Buddhism in Tokugawa Japan

[PDF.sa96] The Other Side of Zen: A Social History of Soto Zen Buddhism in Tokugawa Japan

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 | #4202050 in Books |  Princeton University Press |  2004-11-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .81 x6.92 x8.96l, | File type: PDF | 256 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Five Stars|By Kate Page|Accessible and simultaneously critically brilliant.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A standard social history|By Customer|It lacked feeling for the religiosity of Japanese Buddhists|7 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| Reality Check for Soto B

Popular understanding of Zen Buddhism typically involves a stereotyped image of isolated individuals in meditation, contemplating nothingness. This book presents the "other side of Zen," by examining the movement's explosive growth during the Tokugawa period (1600-1867) in Japan and by shedding light on the broader Japanese religious landscape during the era. Using newly-discovered manuscripts, Duncan Ryuken Williams argues that the success of Soto Zen was due ...

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