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Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist Tradition - The Nihon Ryoiki of the Monk Kyokai (Paperback, annotated edition)
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Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist Tradition - The Nihon Ryoiki of the Monk Kyokai (Paperback, annotated edition)
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This is the first collection of Buddhist legends in Japan, and
these stories form the repertoire of miraculous events and moral
examples that later Buddhist priests used for preaching to the
people. As Kyokai describes his own intentions, "By editing these
stories of miraculous events I want to pull the people forward by
the ears, offer my hand to lead them to good, and show them how to
cleanse their feet of evil" (p.222).
Nakamura's book is actually two works in one: first an introduction
to the Nihon ryoiki, and then an annotated translation. The
introduction analyzes the life of the author and the influence of
earlier writings, and provides a valuable synthesis of the world
view reflected in the work.
The annotated translation renders the more than one hundred stories
into English narrative, with copious notes. Difficult terms are
identified in the text with the original Chinese characters, while
historical matters and Buddhist technical terms are explained in
the footnotes.
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