[PDF.27dw] Secrecy's Power: Covert Shin Buddhists in Japan and Contradictions of Concealment (Nanzan Library of Asian Religion and Culture)

Secrecy's Power: Covert Shin Buddhists in Japan and Contradictions of Concealment (Nanzan Library of Asian Religion and Culture)

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 | #3112139 in Books |  2014-07-31 |  2014-07-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.90 x6.00l, | File type: PDF | 264 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| secrecy can be unhealthy|By Joe P. Szimhart|Informative and well researched.This study offers insight into any sect or group that cherishes secrets that can not only offer a kind of protection from unwanted eyes and a "structure" for belief, but conversely can become a trap, a self-sealing strategy that fears possible exposure to disconfirming information. Secrets can make insi| |A work of staggering scholarship, Secrecy s Power an undertaking requiring a mind-bending grasp of Japanese religious terminology and nomenclature represents a milestone in the study of covert Buddhist groups, not so much for what it tells us, but for what it

Shin has long been one of the most popular forms of Buddhism in Japan. As a devotional tradition that emphasizes gratitude and trust in Amida Buddha, it is thought to have little to do with secrecy. Yet for centuries, Shin Buddhists met on secluded mountains, in homes, and in the backrooms of stores to teach their hidden doctrines and hold clandestine rites. Among their adherents was D. T. Suzuki’s mother, who took her son to covert Shin meetings when he was a b...

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