Shugend The Way Of The Mountain Monks
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Shugend The Way Of The Mountain Monks
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Author : Shokai Koshikidake
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2015-08-03
Shugend The Way Of The Mountain Monks written by Shokai Koshikidake and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-03 with Japan categories.
The white-clad wandering Japanese Yamabushi monks are mysterious, mystical figures, Known for their magical abilities and contact with supernatural spirits and deities. Far away from civilization they practice their methods of training called Shugendo (magical powers through trial). These secret methods of spiritual attainment involves meditation training, sutras, pilgrimage and hardships that most mortals couldn't bear. Standing under freezing waterfalls, walking on hot coals, fasting for days on end, learning to overcome the pain of chili and mustard smoke in confined spaces. The monks are known for amazing feats such as being able to sit in a cauldron of boiling water, run up ladders made of sword blades and being able to spend up to 7 days without food or water, or walk for 1000 days without a rest. They are said to be able to travel in the spirit to different realms. The Yamabushi live in total harmony with nature and with the spirits of nature called Kami.
Shugendo
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Author : Shokai Koshikidake
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Shugendo written by Shokai Koshikidake and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Japan categories.
The white-clad wandering Japanese Yamabushi monks are mysterious, mystical figures, Known for their magical abilities and contact with supernatural spirits and deities. Far away from civilization they practice their methods of training called Shugendo (magical powers through trial). These secret methods of spiritual attainment involves meditation training, sutras, pilgrimage and hardships that most mortals couldn't bear. Standing under freezing waterfalls, walking on hot coals, fasting for days on end, learning to overcome the pain of chili and mustard smoke in confined spaces. The monks are known for amazing feats such as being able to sit in a cauldron of boiling water, run up ladders made of sword blades and being able to spend up to 7 days without food or water, or walk for 1000 days without a rest. They are said to be able to travel in the spirit to different realms. The Yamabushi live in total harmony with nature and with the spirits of nature called Kami.
Monk In The Mountain
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Author : Sumano Bhikkhu
language : en
Publisher: Bhikkhu and Friends
Release Date : 2008-10-01
Monk In The Mountain written by Sumano Bhikkhu and has been published by Bhikkhu and Friends this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-01 with Religion categories.
Monk in the Mountain provides direct access to the Spiritual Heart of genuine Samana (One who is walking the Path to the end of the world). The reader can access the insight immediately and directly as Ajahn Sumano is someone just like the reader. The only difference is that he no longer believed that the pleasures of the world were all there were to this life. His process is everyone's process; the obligation to know who we are, to get one's priorities right, and to sacrifice a little for the possibility of a lot. Ajahn Sumano took himself to where there was only he and his mind and challenged the mind to continue to deceive him, if it dared. The deception ended.
Sera
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Author : Sheila Rock
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2005-11-23
Sera written by Sheila Rock and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-23 with Photography categories.
Tibet was once home to thousands of thriving Buddhist monasteries. But in 1959, following a Tibetan uprising against China's long occupation, nearly all were destroyed by the Chinese military, the practice of Buddhism was outlawed, and the Dalai Lama was forced into exile. In March of that year, Chinese tanks bombarded the 540-year-old Sera Jey Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, killing hundreds of monks and destroying ancient texts and invaluable artifacts that had been collected over centuries. Thousands of survivors fled over perilous mountain passes to neighboring India, many with only thin robes and light footwear to shield them from the harsh winter conditions of the Himalayas. The Sera Jey Monastery, reestablished near Mysore, India, now houses 5,000 Buddhist monks living in exile-including many who escaped the attack on the Tibetan monastery in 1959, and many more who have never known their ancestral homeland. Providing an intimate glimpse of this rarely seen world, Sera: The Way of the Tibetan Monk evokes the subtle moods and rhythms of this Buddhist community that has steadfastly carried on the legacy of the original Sera Jey. More than 100 duotone photographs capture daily rituals and sacred ceremonies, serious moments and playful gestures, compassionate faces and expressions of inspired serenity. Moving and unforgettable, Sheila Rock's portraits celebrate the tranquility, simple joys, and unadorned beauty of the ascetic life, offering a powerful testament to the strength and resilience of a persecuted people. A percentage of the royalties from this book go to the Sera Jhe Health Care Committee in aid of various humanitarian projects
The Marathon Monks Of Mount Hiei
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Author : John Stevens
language : en
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Release Date : 1988
The Marathon Monks Of Mount Hiei written by John Stevens and has been published by Shambhala Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Kaihōgyō categories.
Ultimate Journey
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Author : Richard Bernstein
language : en
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date : 2001
Ultimate Journey written by Richard Bernstein and has been published by Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Religion categories.
Richard Bernstein's story of his long journey through Asia is at once a memoir of adventurous travel and a record of cultural discovery and spiritual quest. In the year 629, a greatly revered Chinese Buddhist monk, Hsuan Tsang, set out across Asia in search of the Buddhist Truth, to settle what he called the "perplexities of my mind." Nearly a millennium and a half later, Richard Bernstein retraces the monk's steps: from the Tang dynasty capital at Xian through ancient Silk Road oases, over forbidding mountain passes to Tashkent, Samarkand, and the Amu-Darya River, across Pakistan to the holiest cities of India--and back. Juxtaposing his experiences with those of Hsuan Tsang, Bernstein reconstructs the hazards and glories of this long and sinuous route, comparing present and past. The monk described what he saw and experienced: landscapes, customs, and, above all, people and the variety of religious beliefs held by those he met. So does our present-day author--taking us to Buddhist cave temples, to the holy places of the Buddha's own life, to the ruins of the Gandharan civilization in Pakistan, to the university in the Ganges Valley where Hsuan Tsang studied. He too encounters extraordinary figures-- among them a German monk in Bodhgaya, a down-and-out maharaja, and a supposed reincarnation of Shiva. And he follows the path of Hsuan Tsang not only in physical but in contemplative ways, reflecting on the mysteries and paradoxes of Buddhist philosophy and on the nature of the Ultimate Truth that was Hsuan Tsang's goal. Ultimate Journey is a vivid, profoundly felt account of two stirring adventures--one in the past and one in the present--in pursuit of illumination.
The Sage Handbook Of Modern Japanese Studies
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Author : James D Babb
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2014-12-15
The Sage Handbook Of Modern Japanese Studies written by James D Babb and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-15 with Social Science categories.
"A welcome addition to any reading list for those interested in contemporary Japanese society." - Roger Goodman, Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Society, University of Oxford "I know no better book for an accessible and up-to-date introduction to this complex subject than The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japan Studies." - Hiroko Takeda, Associate Professor, Organization for Global Japanese Studies, University of Tokyo "Pioneering and nuanced in analysis, yet highly accessible and engaging in style." - Yoshio Sugimoto, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japanese Studies includes outstanding contributions from a diverse group of leading academics from across the globe. This volume is designed to serve as a major interdisciplinary reference work and a seminal text, both rigorous and accessible, to assist students and scholars in understanding one of the major nations of the world. James D. Babb is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University.
Soto Zen In Meiji Japan The Life And Times Of Nishiari Bokusan
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Author : Jiryu Mark Rutschman-Byler
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
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Soto Zen In Meiji Japan The Life And Times Of Nishiari Bokusan written by Jiryu Mark Rutschman-Byler and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Defining Shugendo
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Author : Andrea Castiglioni
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-11-12
Defining Shugendo written by Andrea Castiglioni and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-12 with Religion categories.
Winner of the 2022 Association for the Study of Japanese Mountain Religion Book Prize Defining Shugendo brings together leading international experts on Japanese mountain asceticism to discuss what has been an essential component of Japanese religions for more than a thousand years. Contributors explore how mountains have been abodes of deities, a resting place for the dead, sources of natural bounty and calamities, places of religious activities, and a vast repository of symbols. The book shows that many peoples have chosen them as sites for ascetic practices, claiming the potential to attain supernatural powers there. This book discusses the history of scholarship on Shugendo, the development process of mountain worship, and the religious and philosophical features of devotion at specific sacred mountains. Moreover, it reveals the rich material and visual culture associated with Shugendo, from statues and steles, to talismans and written oaths.
Shugendo
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Author : Hitoshi Miyake
language : en
Publisher: U of M Center for Japanese Studies
Release Date : 2007-01-05
Shugendo written by Hitoshi Miyake and has been published by U of M Center for Japanese Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-05 with categories.
This volume of essays is the first comprehensive publication in English of the work of Miyake Hitoshi, a distinguished scholar of Shugendo (mountain asceticism) and one of the foremost researchers on Japanese folk religion. In Miyake's systematic methodological and theoretical approach, Shugendo is a classic example of Japanese folk religion, for it blends many traditions (shamanism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Shinto) into a distinctive Japanese religious worldview and is typical of Japanese religion generally. The first part of this book is devoted to Shugendo's history, organization, ritual, austerities, thought, and cosmology. Related subjects include exorcism and the exclusion of women. The second part of the book provides research and reflection on Japanese folk religion, including essays on the idea of nature, worldly benefits, new religions, death and rebirth, and the structure of folk religion.