The religious heritage of Japan : foundations for cross-cultural understanding in a religiously plural world
xvii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780964704046, 0964704048
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The meeting of two cultures / Minoru Tada
Kyoto : the city that represents Japan / George Hlawatsch
Some themes in the Christian experience in Japan / Håkan Eilert
An introduction to Shinto / Naofusa Hirai
What is Shinto? / Masahiko Asoya
The concept of Kami / Kanji Ueda
Foundations of Mt. Hiei / Hisao Inagaki
On the Lotus Sūtra / Michio Shinozaki
On Zen / Keido Fukushima Roshi
The relation of Buddhist thought to Zazen / Gudo Mishijima Roshi
The significance of the Nembutsu / Shojun Bando
Shinran's view of the three Pure Land Sūtras : from Amida worship to the true and real religion / Nobuo Nomura
The dialectic of Shinjin / Michio Tokunaga
Other power and social ethics : the bifurcation of Shinran's teaching / Michio Tokunaga
The role of women in the Buddhist tradition in Japan / Kyoko Motomochi Nakamura
Reflections on the notion of "the inward quest" in the Japanese Buddhist experience / Dennis Hirota
Religiousness and the way of tea / Dennis Hirota
The first round-table discussion
The second round-table discussion