Description
Book SynopsisThrough 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
