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When we read about the profundity and complexity of the Buddhist tradition, we are hard pressed to imagine how the earliest Japanese priests propagated this tradition and how the common people accepted it. Kyokai's collection of 'miraculous stories throw much light on this.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Japanese
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The Nihon ryoiki compiled by Kyokai, a monk of Yakushi-ji, is the earliest collection of Buddhist legends in Japan. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
provincial preceptor, degenerate dharma, counterfeit dharma, legendary literature, karmic causation, immediate penalty, karmic retribution, eminent monks, extraordinary sign, sec chap, sage emperor, clerical rank, state temples, secular officials Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Three Treasures, King Yama, Shoku Nihongi, Empress Abe, Dharma Master, Emperor Shirakabe, Nara Palace, Emperor Kanmu, Bodhisattva Kannon, West Side of Nara, Emperor Saga, Prince Nagaya, T'ang China, Thousand-armed Kannon, Unknown Passage, East Side of Nara, Emperor Tenmu, Fourth Rank, Inoue Kaoru, Six Nara Schools, Chinese Buddhist, Emperor Yamabe, Empress Suiko, Inoue Mitsusada, Kinume of Yamada New!
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The Nihon ryoiki compiled by Kyokai, a monk of Yakushi-ji, is the earliest collection of Buddhist legends in Japan. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
provincial preceptor, degenerate dharma, counterfeit dharma, legendary literature, karmic causation, immediate penalty, karmic retribution, eminent monks, extraordinary sign, sec chap, sage emperor, clerical rank, state temples, secular officials Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Three Treasures, King Yama, Shoku Nihongi, Empress Abe, Dharma Master, Emperor Shirakabe, Nara Palace, Emperor Kanmu, Bodhisattva Kannon, West Side of Nara, Emperor Saga, Prince Nagaya, T'ang China, Thousand-armed Kannon, Unknown Passage, East Side of Nara, Emperor Tenmu, Fourth Rank, Inoue Kaoru, Six Nara Schools, Chinese Buddhist, Emperor Yamabe, Empress Suiko, Inoue Mitsusada, Kinume of Yamada New!
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- The History of Religions: Essays on the Problem of Understanding (Essays in Divinity, Vol. 1) by Joseph M. Kitagawa in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- History of Religions: Essays in Methodology by Mircea Eliade in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Women in Ancient India: Trubner's Oriental Series by Clarisse Bader on page 70, and Back Matter
- Myths and Symbols: Essays in Honor of Mircea Eliade (Midway Reprint Series) by Joseph Mitsuo Kitagawa in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Buddhist Scriptures (Penguin Classics) by Anonymous on page 78, and Back Matter
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- The Cambridge History of Japan, Vol. 1: Ancient Japan (Volume 1) by Delmer M. Brown on 4 pages
- The Karma of Words: Buddhism and the Literary Arts in Medieval Japan by William R. LaFleur on 4 pages
- The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality by Bernard Faure in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns by Paula Kane Robinson Arai in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Religion and Emotion: Approaches and Interpretations by John Corrigan on page 216
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