Old Buddhism Strikes Back: On the Relationship between the New Buddhist Movement and Shaku Unshō
The True Dharma movement and the New Buddhist movement were the two representative Buddhist movements of the Meiji period. Shaku Unshō (1827-1909), the leader of the True Dharma movement, spent the first half of his life as a monk in the Edo period. When he encountered the tumultuous persecution of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Japanese Association for Religious Studies
2022
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Religious studies in Japan
Year: 2022, Volume: 6, Pages: 25-49 |
| Further subjects: | B
Modern Buddhism
B Shaku Unshō B The New Buddhist movement B precepts B Old Buddhism |
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| Summary: | The True Dharma movement and the New Buddhist movement were the two representative Buddhist movements of the Meiji period. Shaku Unshō (1827-1909), the leader of the True Dharma movement, spent the first half of his life as a monk in the Edo period. When he encountered the tumultuous persecution of Buddhism during the Meiji Restoration period, he became convinced that the restoration of the precepts (kairitsu) would lead to a revival of Buddhism, and initiated a wide range of activities. On the other hand, the New Buddhist movement was formed by young radical Buddhists who sought to rebel against the conservative religious world. They presented the allegedly anachronistic ideas of Unshō as an "old Buddhism" which needed to be overcome, leading to an intense conflict. This article attempts to examine the clash between these two Buddhist movements during the Meiji period with this context in mind. |
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| ISSN: | 2186-9952 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies in Japan
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