Seeking Śākyamuni: South Asia in the formation of modern Japanese buddhism
Introduction: locating Tenjiku -- South Asian encounters: Kitabatake Dōryō, Shaku Kōzen, Shaku Sōen, and the first generation of Japanese Buddhists in South Asia -- Kawaguchi Ekai, globalization, and the promotion of lay Buddhism in Japan -- Following the cotton road: Japanese corporate pilgrimage t...
| Résumé: | Introduction: locating Tenjiku -- South Asian encounters: Kitabatake Dōryō, Shaku Kōzen, Shaku Sōen, and the first generation of Japanese Buddhists in South Asia -- Kawaguchi Ekai, globalization, and the promotion of lay Buddhism in Japan -- Following the cotton road: Japanese corporate pilgrimage to India, 1926-1927 -- Buddhist material culture, "Indianism," and the construction of Pan-Asian Buddhism in twentieth-century Japan -- Global waves on Ōmura bay: the English translation of the Gedatsu dōron (the path of freedom) -- Deploying South Asian Buddhism |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0226391159 |