Record of Miraculous Events in Japan: The Nihon ryoiki (Translations from the Asian Classics) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0231164211 ISBN 13: 9780231164214

Verlag: Columbia University Press, 2013

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These stories amuse, enchant, sometimes delight... A wonderful addition to the bedside table. Buddha Diaries

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The Nihon ryoiki, a collection of setsuwa, or "anecdotal" tales, compiled by a monk in late-eighth- or early-ninth-century Japan, records the spread of Buddhist ideas in Japan and the ways in which Buddhism's principles were adapted to the conditions of Japanese society. Beginning in the time before Buddhism was introduced to Japan, the text captures the effects of the nation's initial contact with Buddhism-brought by emissaries from the king of the Korean state of Paekche-and the subsequent adoption and dissemination of these new teachings in Japanese towns and cities. The Nihon ryoiki provides a crucial window into the ways in which Japanese Buddhists began to make sense of the teachings and texts of their religion, incorporate religious observances and materials from Korea and China, and articulate a popularized form of Buddhist practice and belief that could extend beyond monastic centers. The setsuwa genre would become one of the major textual projects of classical and medieval Buddhism, with nearly two dozen collections appearing over the next five centuries. The Nihon ryoiki serves as a vital reference for these later works, with the tales it contains finding their way into folkloric traditions and becoming a major source for Japanese authors well into the modern period.

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• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0231164211
• ISBN 13: 9780231164214
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224