A valuable source book for Buddhist scholars
A valuable source book for Buddhist scholars
Review—Buddhism and Modernity: Sources from Nineteenth-Century Japan
Category: Eastern religions
Recent Release—The Gion Festival: Exploring its Mysteries
A guide to Japan’s biggest summer extravaganza: The Gion Festival
Explains, in layman’s terms, what Buddhism is and how we can manifest its teachings into our daily lives, and why we should
In preparation for an upcoming podcast with Catherine Pawasarat, we’re revisiting her two books: The recently released (Nov. 2020) The Gion Festival: Exploring its Mysteries (review here) and From Wasteland to Pureland: Reflections on the Path to Awakening (for a BOA quick take, click here).
Review—Finding the Heart Sutra by Alex Kerr
Powerful, mystical and concise, the Heart Sutra is believed to contain the condensed essence of all Buddhist wisdom.
Kerr has proven an excellent student of friendship and fellowship and has himself become a vessel of wisdom which he now passes on to us readers.
Review—My Heart Sutra: A World in 260 Characters
The Heart Sutra is the most widely read, chanted, and copied text in East Asian Buddhism. Schodt’s journey takes him to China, America and Japan.
Review By Amy Chavez All over Asia the Heart Sutra soothes minds and eases the burdens people encounter in their every day lives. In Japan, one might catch its rising timbre across a graveyard as a Buddhist Priest chants to the departed in a ceremony honoring the family’s ancestors. A tourist might stumble upon followers More…
Zen or Shinto? John Dougill takes on D.T. Suzuki
By John Dougill Sincerity, loyalty, self-sacrifice. Zen or Shinto values? Mindfulness is a key concept in both Zen and Shinto. Purification and egolessness too. Harae (purification) and kegare (impurity) in Shinto resemble Delusion and Attachment in Buddhism. The goal in both religions is similar, though the means are different. In Shinto people look to restore More…
