Zen ritual
Subtitle: studies of Zen Buddhist theory in practice
By: edited by Steven Heine and Dale S. Wright
Contributors: Heine, Steven, 1950-; Wright, Dale Stuart
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780195304671; 9780195304688
Subjects: Zen Buddhism -- Rituals; Spiritual life -- Zen Buddhism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-331) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Rethinking ritual practice in Zen Buddhism / Dale S. Wright; title: Ritual in Japanese Zen Buddhism / T. Griffith Foulk; title: Chan rituals of the abbots' ascending the dharma hall to preach / Mario Poceski; title: Buddhist rituals for protecting the country in medieval Japan: Myōan Eisai's "Regulations of the Zen school" / Albert Welter; title: Is Dōgen's Eiheiji temple "Mt. T'ien-t'ung East"?: geo-ritual perspectives on the transition from Chinese Ch'an to Japanese Zen / Steven Heine; title: Zazen as an enactment ritual / Taigen Dan Leighton; title: Women and Dōgen: rituals actualizing empowerment and healing; title: Paula K.R. Arai; title: Invocation of the sage: the ritual to glorify the emperor / Michel Mohr; title: Meditation in motion: textual exegesis in the creation of ritual / David E. Riggs; title: Dharma transmission in theory and practice / William M. Bodiford