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Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan (1993)

Sōtō Zen in Medieval Japan (1993)

William M. Bodiford

Published: 1993, January 1
Authors: William M. Bodiford
Publishers: University of Hawaii Press
Pages: 376
Print type: BOOK

Description:

Explores how Soto monks between the 13th and 16th centuries developed new forms of monastic organization and Zen instructions and new applications for Zen rituals within lay life; how these innovations helped shape rural society; and how remnants of them remain in the modern Soto school, now the lar