Self-Cultivation and the Body in Religious Traditions : From the Point of View of the History of Religions
In: Practice and Body in Religion, Jg. 81 (2008), Heft 355
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- print; 1-20, xv [21 p.]; 41 ref
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The problems related with self-cultivation and the body have already been discussed in various ways in the history of religious studies. First, the author provides an overview of problems in the framework of belief and knowledge/practice, as well as the spirit and the body. Second, he deals with Yuasa Yasuo's theory of the body as one of self-cultivation. One of its characteristics is that it insists that the essence of Eastern self-cultivation assumes the unity of body and mind. From this perspective the author analyses Saigyō's verses on the Buddhist teachings and texts. He illuminates Saigyō's religious view of nature through the concepts of the mind, the moon, and the west in the Buddhist context. Although Saigyō led a life enchanted by the cherry blossoms and the moon, his images of the moon were also put in the context of Buddhist teachings, and it was especially related to the Esoteric Buddhist visualization called moon-disk visualization (gachirin-kan). The author discusses the idea that Saigyo develops his images of the moon according to the various teachings of Buddhism.
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Self-Cultivation and the Body in Religious Traditions : From the Point of View of the History of Religions
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | WATANABE, Manabu ; Annual Convention of The Japanese Association for Religious Studies(66 ; , ; 2008) ; Japanese Association for Religious Studies |
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Zeitschrift: | Practice and Body in Religion, Jg. 81 (2008), Heft 355 |
Veröffentlichung: | Tokyo: Nihon Shūkyō Gakkai, 2008 |
Medientyp: | Konferenz |
Umfang: | print; 1-20, xv [21 p.]; 41 ref |
ISSN: | 0387-3293 (print) |
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