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Paperback The Other Side of Zen: A Social History of Sōtō Zen Buddhism in Tokugawa Japan Book

ISBN: 069114429X

ISBN13: 9780691144290

The Other Side of Zen: A Social History of Sōtō Zen Buddhism in Tokugawa Japan

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Popular understanding of Zen Buddhism typically involves a stereotyped image of isolated individuals in meditation, contemplating nothingness. This book presents the "other side of Zen," by examining the movement's explosive growth during the Tokugawa period (1600-1867) in Japan and by shedding light on the broader Japanese religious landscape during the era. Using newly-discovered manuscripts, Duncan Ryuken Williams argues that the success of...

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