(Mobile book) Soto Zen in Medieval Japan (Studies in East Asian Buddhism)
☆ William M. Bodiford ☆
| #4361676 in Books | 1993-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 1.04 x6.38 x9.26l, | File Name: 0824814827 | 343 pages
||12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.| The most extensive and informative English language book on the formation and development of Soto Zen to date. A+|By Ted Biringer|William Bodiford's "Soto Zen in Medieval Japan" (Studies in East Asian Buddhism) paints an extraordinarily clear picture of the history of Soto Zen in Japan.
No matter what view you may have of the transmission of Zen (any school, not j||"Rich and stimulating ... highly recommended reading for anyone interested not only in Sōotōo Zen but also in Japanese Buddhism, religion, or medieval history."
"Carefully researched and set forth with finesse, Bodiford's study advances dramatica
Explores how Soto monks between the 13th and 16th centuries developed new forms of monastic organization and Zen instructions and new applications for Zen rituals within lay life; how these innovations helped shape rural society; and how remnants of them remain in the modern Soto school, now the lar
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