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Book Synopsis
Through accessible prose, ethnographically-grounded analysis, and emotionally compelling stories, this book explores the rich pastiche of daily life and ritual activity at a major Japanese Zen temple in institutional, historical, and social context through the practices of its community of clergy, practitioners, parishioners, and visitors.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Sojiji, the Forest for a Thousand Years
  • Chapter 1: The History of Sojiji
  • Chapter 2: The Training of a Soto Zen Novice
  • Chapter 3: Bearing the Mantle of Priesthood
  • Chapter 4: Struggling for Enlightenment (While Keeping Your Day Job)
  • Chapter 5:Performing Compassion Through Goeika Music
  • Chapter 6: Making Ancestors Through Memorial Rituals
  • Conclusion
  • For a Thousand Years
  • Epilogue
  • In Perpetuity
  • Afterward
  • Writing Sojiji
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Index

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      Publisher The University of Michigan Press
      Published 6/30/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780472075362
      978-0472075362
      ISBN-10 0472075365
      Also in:
      Asian history Anthropology Zen Buddhism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Through accessible prose, ethnographically-grounded analysis, and emotionally compelling stories, this book explores the rich pastiche of daily life and ritual activity at a major Japanese Zen temple in institutional, historical, and social context through the practices of its community of clergy, practitioners, parishioners, and visitors.

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction
      • Sojiji, the Forest for a Thousand Years
      • Chapter 1: The History of Sojiji
      • Chapter 2: The Training of a Soto Zen Novice
      • Chapter 3: Bearing the Mantle of Priesthood
      • Chapter 4: Struggling for Enlightenment (While Keeping Your Day Job)
      • Chapter 5:Performing Compassion Through Goeika Music
      • Chapter 6: Making Ancestors Through Memorial Rituals
      • Conclusion
      • For a Thousand Years
      • Epilogue
      • In Perpetuity
      • Afterward
      • Writing Sojiji
      • Glossary
      • Bibliography
      • Notes
      • Index

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