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The medieval period of Japanese religious history is commonly
known as one in which there was a radical transformation of the
religious culture. This book suggests an alternate approach to
understanding the dynamics of that transformation. One main topic
of analysis focuses on what Buddhism - its practices and doctrines,
its traditions and institutions - meant for medieval Japanese
peoples themselves. This is achieved by using the notions of
discourse and ideology and juxtaposing various topics on shared
linguistic practices and discursive worlds of medieval Japanese
Buddhism.
Collating contributions from outstanding scholars in the field
of Buddhist Studies, the editors have created an important work
that builds on preliminary work on rethinking the importance and
meaning of Kamakura Buddhism published recently in English, and
adds greatly to the debate.
The medieval period of Japanese religious history is commonly
known as one in which there was a radical transformation of the
religious culture. This book suggests an alternate approach to
understanding the dynamics of that transformation. One main topic
of analysis focuses on what Buddhism - its practices and doctrines,
its traditions and institutions - meant for medieval Japanese
peoples themselves. This is achieved by using the notions of
discourse and ideology and juxtaposing various topics on shared
linguistic practices and discursive worlds of medieval Japanese
Buddhism.
Collating contributions from outstanding scholars in the field
of Buddhist Studies, the editors have created an important work
that builds on preliminary work on rethinking the importance and
meaning of Kamakura Buddhism published recently in English, and
adds greatly to the debate.
What, if anything, is Esoteric Pure Land Buddhism? In 1224, the
medieval Japanese scholar-monk Dōhan (1179–1252) composed The
Compendium on Esoteric Mindfulness of Buddha (Himitsu nenbutsu
shō), which begins with another seemingly simple question: Why is
it that practitioners of mantra and meditation rely on the
recitation of the name of the Buddha Amitābha? To answer this
question, Dōhan explored diverse areas of study spanning the whole
of the East Asian Mahayana Buddhist tradition. Although
contemporary scholars often study Esoteric Buddhism and Pure Land
Buddhism as if they were mutually exclusive and diametrically
opposed schools of Buddhism, in the present volume Aaron Proffitt
examines Dōhan’s Compendium in the context of the eastward flow
of Mahayana Buddhism from India to Japan and uncovers Mahayana
Buddhists employing multiple, overlapping, so-called "esoteric"
approaches along the path to awakening. Proffitt divides his study
into two parts. In Part I he considers how early Buddhologists,
working under colonialism, first constructed Mahayana Buddhism,
Pure Land Buddhism, and Esoteric Buddhism as discrete fields of
inquiry. He then surveys the flow of Indian Buddhist spells,
dhāraṇī, and mantra texts into China and Japan and the diverse
range of Buddhist masters who employed these esoteric techniques to
achieve rebirth in Sukhāvatī, the Pure Land of Bliss. In Part II,
he considers the life of Dōhan and analyzes the monk’s
comprehensive view of buddhānusmṛti as a form of ritual
technology that unified body and mind, Sukhāvatī as a
this-worldly or other-worldly soteriological goal synonymous with
nirvana itself, and the Buddha Amitābha as an object of devotion
beyond this world of suffering. The work concludes with the first
full translation of Dōhan’s Himitsu nenbutsu shō into a modern
language.
Centered on the practice of seeking rebirth in the Pure Land
paradise Sukhāvatī, the Amitābha cult has been the dominant form
of Buddhism in Korea since the middle of the Silla period (ca.
300–935). In Aspiring to Enlightenment, Richard McBride combines
analyses of scriptural, exegetical, hagiographical, epigraphical,
art historical, and literary materials to provide an episodic
account of the cult in Silla times and its rise in an East Asian
context through the mutually interconnected perspectives of
doctrine and practice. McBride demonstrates that the Pure Land
tradition emerging in Korea in the seventh and eighth centuries was
vibrant and collaborative and that Silla monk-scholars actively
participated in a shared, international Buddhist discourse. Monks
such as the exegete par excellence Wŏnhyo and the Yogācāra
proponent Kyŏnghŭng did not belong to a specific sect or school,
but like their colleagues in China, they participated in a broadly
inclusive doctrinal tradition. He examines scholarly debates
surrounding the cults of Maitreya and Amitābha, the practice of
buddhānusmṛti, the recollection of Amitābha, the "ten
recollections" within the larger Mahāyāna context of the
bodhisattva’s path of practice, the emerging Huayan intellectual
tradition, and the influential interpretations of medieval Chinese
Pure Land proponents Tanluan and Shandao. Finally, his work
illuminates the legacy of the Silla Pure Land tradition, revealing
how the writings of Silla monks continued to be of great value to
Japanese monks for several centuries. With its fresh and
comprehensive approach to the study of Pure Land Buddhism, Aspiring
to Enlightenment is important for not only students and scholars of
Korean history and religion and East Asian Buddhism, but also those
interested in the complex relationship between doctrinal writings
and devotional practice "on the ground.
What does modern warfare, as fought by liberal societies, have in
common with our human evolution? This study posits an important
relationship between the two we have evolved to fight, and
traditional hunter-gatherer societies were often violent places.
But we also evolved to cooperate, to feel empathy and to behave
altruistically towards others.
This collection of seventeen essays situates modern Shin Buddhist
thinker Kiyozawa Manshi (1863–1903) and his new form of
spirituality, Seishinshugi, in the broader context of Buddhism and
religious thought in modern Japan. The work highlights several
factors that led to the development of Kiyozawa’s ideas and
demonstrates the broad influence that he and his disciples had,
putting in relief both the events that led Kiyozawa to set forth
his unique formulation of a modern Shin Buddhist religiosity in
Seishinshugi and the ways in which those ideas became a force that
shaped a large part of Japan’s religious landscape well past the
middle of the twentieth century. The book is made up of historical
studies that explore the significance of Seishinshugi from a
variety of perspectives and chapters that attempt to introduce some
of the original ideas of Seishinshugi thinkers and other modern
Shin proponents such as Sasaki Gesshō (1875–1926) and Yasuda
Rijin (1900–1982). The inclusion of several translations of
recent Japanese scholarship on Kiyozawa and Seishinshugi provides a
snapshot of the state of the field for Kiyozawa studies today in
Japan. Several early chapters present issues that Kiyozawa
addressed in his formulations of Seishinshugi. His relationship
with Inoue Enryō (1858–1919) is discussed in depth, as is his
understanding of the Tannishō and new research indicating that
Seishinshugi might more closely represent the thought of
Kiyozawa’s disciples than his own. This portion ends with a
consideration of the reinvention of Kiyozawa’s historical image
by his followers after his death. Later chapters bring together
research into the specific ways in which Kiyozawa’s legacy shaped
the Japanese religious and philosophical environment in the last
century, including contributions on female spirituality as
expressed in the Seishinshugi movement and the influence of
Kiyozawa and Soga Ryōjin (1875–1971) on the Kyoto School and its
implications. Other essays highlight approaches to finding meaning
in Shin doctrines by Sasaki, Soga, and Yasuda, and how D. T.
Suzuki, an Ōtani University colleague, fits into the movement as a
whole.
Reacting to nineteenth-century forces of colonialism and
globalization, Buddhist reformers across Asia strove to modernize
Buddhist teachings, practices, and institutions. "Buddhist
modernism" was typically characterized by disbelief in the
supernatural, rejection of ritual, deinstitutionalization, and
egalitarianism. The Revolution of Buddhist Modernism provides an
account of the upheaval that took place within the world of
Japanese Jōdo Shin (True Pure Land) Buddhism when scholar-priest
Kiyozawa Manshi (1863–1903) initiated modernist reforms. Kiyozawa
and his disciples, especially Soga Ryōjin and Kaneko Daiei,
reenvisioned Pure Land teachings as a path to awakening in the
present world rather than rebirth in a faraway Pure Land after
death. This doctrinal reinterpretation led to a range of
revolutionary institutional reforms, including new experiential
methods of Buddhist studies, democratization of sect institutions,
and enhanced cooperation with Japan’s imperialist state. By
combining intellectual history with institutional history, The
Revolution of Buddhist Modernism reveals deep connections between
Buddhist thought, Buddhist institutions, and national and global
politics. It tracks the chaotic, fascinating history by which
modernist Buddhist ideas came to be grounded in Buddhist
institutions and authoritative for Buddhist communities, offering
readers a compelling, ground-level view of Buddhist modernism—and
traditionalism—in action.
Athletic Training and Therapy: Foundations of Behavior and Practice
builds upon an undergraduate understanding of health and exercise
sciences to instill an evidence-based, graduate-level knowledge of
best practices in athletic training and health care. This text
integrates essential competencies outlined by the AT Strategic
Alliance, a collaboration of the National Athletic Trainers'
Association (NATA), Board of Certification (BOC), and Commission on
Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). Athletic
Training and Therapy highlights contemporary concepts not often
found in other introductory texts, such as cultural literacy,
interprofessional practice, preventative health care,
administrative management, special populations, and epidemiology.
Students gain a complete picture of their role as an athletic
trainer as they explore these topics and progress through the text.
Part I covers foundational clinical competencies that will guide
students in their future professional practice. Part II features
holistic wellness concepts and proactive strategies to prevent
illness and injury. Part III presents emergency interventions for
acute injury and immediate care. Part IV offers information on
evaluating illness and injury. Part V addresses therapeutic and
medical interventions, including therapeutic exercises,
pharmacology, and casting procedures. The full-color text engages
students and fosters comprehension with learning aids:
Evidence-Based Athletic Training sidebars that highlight a position
statement, systematic literature review, or high-level randomized
control trials Foundational Skills sidebars that provide
step-by-step instructions for common skills required of entry-level
athletic trainers Chapter summaries of key concepts Learning
objectives to help students focus their studies during their
graduate education and during preparation for the BOC examination
Related digital content delivered through HKPropel: videos of
select skills and techniques, gradable chapter quizzes, case
studies with critical thinking questions for each chapter, check
sheets that can be used to grade students on their ability to
accurately perform foundational skills, and flash card activities
to self-test on glossary definitions Athletic Training and Therapy
offers advanced athletic training students an engaging presentation
of the clinical skills they will need as a successful member of the
interprofessional health care team. Note: A code for accessing
HKPropel is included with all new print books.
This book argues that Buddhism has spread due to globalized
capitalism, and explores how capitalism is also impacting Buddhists
and Buddhism today. Edited by two leading scholars in Buddhist
studies, the book examines how capitalism and neo-liberalism have
shaped global perceptions of Buddhism, as well as specific local
practices and attitudes. It examines the institutional practices
that sustained the spread of Buddhism for two and a half millennia,
and the adaptation of Buddhist institutions in contemporary, global
economic systems-particularly in Europe and the United States over
the last century and half. These innovative essays on the
interfaces between Buddhism and capitalism will prompt readers to
rethink the connection between Buddhism and secular society. Case
studies include digital capitalism, tourism, and monasticism, and
are drawn from the USA, Tibet, China, Japan, and Thailand.
Athletic Training and Therapy: Foundations of Behavior and Practice
builds upon an undergraduate understanding of health and exercise
sciences to instill an evidence-based, graduate-level knowledge of
best practices in athletic training and health care. This text
integrates essential competencies outlined by the AT Strategic
Alliance, a collaboration of the National Athletic Trainers'
Association (NATA), Board of Certification (BOC), and Commission on
Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). Athletic
Training and Therapy highlights contemporary concepts not often
found in other introductory texts, such as cultural literacy,
interprofessional practice, preventative health care,
administrative management, special populations, and epidemiology.
Students gain a complete picture of their role as an athletic
trainer as they explore these topics and progress through the text.
Part I covers foundational clinical competencies that will guide
students in their future professional practice. Part II features
holistic wellness concepts and proactive strategies to prevent
illness and injury. Part III presents emergency interventions for
acute injury and immediate care. Part IV offers information on
evaluating illness and injury. Part V addresses therapeutic and
medical interventions, including therapeutic exercises,
pharmacology, and casting procedures. The full-color text engages
students and fosters comprehension with learning aids:
Evidence-Based Athletic Training sidebars that highlight a position
statement, systematic literature review, or high-level randomized
control trials Foundational Skills sidebars that provide
step-by-step instructions for common skills required of entry-level
athletic trainers Chapter summaries of key concepts Learning
objectives to help students focus their studies during their
graduate education and during preparation for the BOC examination
Related digital content delivered through HKPropel: videos of
select skills and techniques, gradable chapter quizzes, case
studies with critical thinking questions for each chapter, check
sheets that can be used to grade students on their ability to
accurately perform foundational skills, and flash card activities
to self-test on glossary definitions Athletic Training and Therapy
offers advanced athletic training students an engaging presentation
of the clinical skills they will need as a successful member of the
interprofessional health care team. Note: A code for accessing
HKPropel is included with all new print books.
Chinese Pure Land Buddhism: Understanding a Tradition of Practice
is the first book in any western language to provide a
comprehensive overview of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism. Even though
Pure Land Buddhism was born in China and currently constitutes the
dominant form of Buddhist practice there, it has previously
received very little attention from western scholars. In this book,
Charles B. Jones examines the reasons for the lack of scholarly
attention and why the few past treatments of the topic missed many
of its distinctive features. He argues that the Chinese Pure Land
tradition, with its characteristic promise of rebirth in the Pure
Land to even non-elite or undeserving practitioners, should not be
viewed from the perspective of the Japanese Pure Land tradition,
which differs greatly. More accurately contextualizing Chinese Pure
Land Buddhism within the landscape of Chinese Buddhism and the
broader global Buddhist tradition, this work celebrates Chinese
Pure Land, not as a school or sect, but as a unique and inherently
valuable "tradition of practice." This volume is organized
thematically, clearly presenting topics such as the nature of the
Pure Land, the relationship between "self-power" and "other-power,"
the practice of nianfo (buddha-recollection), and the formation of
the line of "patriarchs" that keep the tradition grounded. It
guides us in understanding the vigorous debates that Chinese Pure
Land Buddhism evoked and delves into the rich apologetic literature
that it produced in its own defense. Drawing upon a wealth of
previously unexamined primary source materials, as well as modern
texts by contemporary Chinese Pure Land masters, the author
provides lucid translations of resources previously unavailable in
English. He also shares his lifetime of experience in this field,
enlivening the narrative with personal anecdotes of his visits to
sites of Pure Land practice in China and Taiwan. The
straightforward and nontechnical prose makes this book a standby
resource for anyone interested in pursuing research in this lively,
sophisticated, and still-evolving religious tradition.
Scholars-including undergraduates-specializing in East Asian
Buddhism, as well as those interested in Buddhism or Chinese
religion and history in general will find this book invaluable.
Centered on the practice of seeking rebirth in the Pure Land
paradise Sukhāvatī, the Amitābha cult has been the dominant form
of Buddhism in Korea since the middle of the Silla period (ca.
300–935). In Aspiring to Enlightenment, Richard McBride combines
analyses of scriptural, exegetical, hagiographical, epigraphical,
art historical, and literary materials to provide an episodic
account of the cult in Silla times and its rise in an East Asian
context through the mutually interconnected perspectives of
doctrine and practice. McBride demonstrates that the Pure Land
tradition emerging in Korea in the seventh and eighth centuries was
vibrant and collaborative and that Silla monk-scholars actively
participated in a shared, international Buddhist discourse. Monks
such as the exegete par excellence Wŏnhyo and the Yogācāra
proponent Kyŏnghŭng did not belong to a specific sect or school,
but like their colleagues in China, they participated in a broadly
inclusive doctrinal tradition. He examines scholarly debates
surrounding the cults of Maitreya and Amitābha, the practice of
buddhānusmṛti, the recollection of Amitābha, the "ten
recollections" within the larger Mahāyāna context of the
bodhisattva’s path of practice, the emerging Huayan intellectual
tradition, and the influential interpretations of medieval Chinese
Pure Land proponents Tanluan and Shandao. Finally, his work
illuminates the legacy of the Silla Pure Land tradition, revealing
how the writings of Silla monks continued to be of great value to
Japanese monks for several centuries. With its fresh and
comprehensive approach to the study of Pure Land Buddhism, Aspiring
to Enlightenment is important for not only students and scholars of
Korean history and religion and East Asian Buddhism, but also those
interested in the complex relationship between doctrinal writings
and devotional practice "on the ground.
This book explores the relationship between global capitalism and
Buddhism-both how this economic system has facilitated the spread
of Buddhism, and how it impacts Buddhists and Buddhism today.
Edited by two leading scholars in Buddhist studies, the book
examines how capitalism and neo-liberalism have shaped global
perceptions of Buddhism, as well as specific local practices and
attitudes. It analyzes the institutional practices that sustained
the spread of Buddhism for two-and-a half millennia, and the
adaptation of Buddhist institutions in contemporary, global
economic systems-particularly in Europe and the United States over
the last century. Innovative chapters on the interfaces between
Buddhism and capitalism will prompt readers to rethink the
connection between Buddhism and secular society. Case studies
include digital capitalism, tourism, and monasticism, and are drawn
from the USA, Tibet, China, Japan, and Thailand.
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