Hagiographies or idealized biographies which recount the lives of saints, bodhisattvas and other charismatic figures have been the meeting place for myth and experience. In medieval Europe, the 'lives of saints' were read during liturgical celebrations and the texts themselves were treated as sacred objects. In Japan, it was believed that those who read the biographies of lofty monks would acquire merit. Since hagiographies were written or compiled by 'believers', the line between fantasy and reality was often obscured. This study of the bodhisattva Gyoki - regarded as the monk who started the largest social welfare movement in Japan - illustrates how Japanese Buddhist hagiographers chose to regard a single monk's charitable activities as a miraculous achievement that shaped the course of Japanese history.
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'Augus-tine’s attention to detail and his use of intricate evidence to support his arguments make Buddhist Hagiography in Early Japan an intriguing venture into how to read and appreciate Buddhist hagiography ' - Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 2008
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Jonathan Morris Augustine is an Associate Professor of International Communication at the Kyoto Institute of Technology in Japan. Since 1973 he has spent most of his life in Asia with the exception of a decade at Princeton University where he obtained his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D.
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primary prelate, chikurinji engi, nihongi states, lofty monks, monastic punishment, preliminary vows, mountain asceticism, bodhisattva monks, monastic registers, gravestone memorial, monastic labor, monastic office, ascetic activities, alien affairs, monastic network, practice halls, monastic rank, relief facilities, eminent monks, hagiographic accounts, celestial bodhisattvas, funereal urn, provincial temples, hagiographic texts, received biography Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Emperor Shómu, Pure Land, Yoshida Yasuo, Three Stages, Vairocana Buddha, Japanese Buddhism, Emperor Shömu, Emperor Shomu, Inoue Kaoru, Emperor Shômu, Prince Nagaya, Fujiwara Fuhito, Japanese Buddhist, Nakai Shinkó, Emperor Tenmu, Sakai City, Yoneyama Takako, Empress Suiko, Izumi Kochi, Prince Asaka, Emperor Shbmu, Kimu Tarusu, Kokan Shiren, Fushimi District, Great Wisdom Sutra New!
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The last few decades have seen a resurgence of works in English and other European languages that deal with hagiography or the idealized biographies of sacred religious figures. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
primary prelate, chikurinji engi, nihongi states, lofty monks, monastic punishment, preliminary vows, mountain asceticism, bodhisattva monks, monastic registers, gravestone memorial, monastic labor, monastic office, ascetic activities, alien affairs, monastic network, practice halls, monastic rank, relief facilities, eminent monks, hagiographic accounts, celestial bodhisattvas, funereal urn, provincial temples, hagiographic texts, received biography Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Emperor Shómu, Pure Land, Yoshida Yasuo, Three Stages, Vairocana Buddha, Japanese Buddhism, Emperor Shömu, Emperor Shomu, Inoue Kaoru, Emperor Shômu, Prince Nagaya, Fujiwara Fuhito, Japanese Buddhist, Nakai Shinkó, Emperor Tenmu, Sakai City, Yoneyama Takako, Empress Suiko, Izumi Kochi, Prince Asaka, Emperor Shbmu, Kimu Tarusu, Kokan Shiren, Fushimi District, Great Wisdom Sutra New!
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- Biography, Autobiography and the Spiritual Quest (Religious Studies Series) by Richard A. Hutch in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Rethinking Sorrow: Revelatory Tales of Late Medieval Japan (Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies) by Margaret Helen Childs in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Making Saints by Kenneth L. Woodward in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Emergence of Japanese Kingship by Joan Piggott on page 14
- People in Change: Canada, Australia, New Zealand (The Taba program in social science) by Hilda Taba in Front Matter
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