The other side of Zen: a social history of Sōtō Zen Buddhism in Tokugawa Japan

In: Buddhisms [8]

Abstract

Toward a social history of Sōtō Zen -- Registering the family, memorializing the ancestors : the Zen temple and the parishioner household -- Funerary Zen : managing the dead in the world beyond -- The cult of Dōryō Daigongen : Daiyūzan and Sōtō Zen prayer temples -- Medicine and faith healing in the Sōtō Zen tradition -- The other side of Zen