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53 Cards in this Set
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Nara Period |
710 - 794 |
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Heian Period |
794 - 1192 |
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Kukai (Kobo Daishi) |
774 - 835 |
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Esoteric Buddhism |
Complex system of icons, meditative rituals, and ritual languages to grasp Buddhist doctrines |
密教 secret teachings |
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Shingon Buddhism 真言 |
"true word" Dharani |
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3 Mysteries |
Mystery of the Body - Mudras Mystery of the Mouth - Mantra/Dharani Mystery of the Mind - Mandala |
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Exoteric |
Studying the Sutras for meaning |
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Esoteric |
Infinite meanings in each syllable; ritually activating meanings of text through somatic (bodily) practice. |
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Avatar |
SKT = "descent": manifestation, embodiment, representation |
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(ごんげん) 権現 Gengon |
JPN = "power/authority" + "manifestation" |
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Combining Buddhas and Kami |
Kami as deluded, trapped in samsara Kami as defenders of Buddhism - Hachiman |
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(ほんじ·すいじゃく) 本地垂迹 Honji Saijaku |
Original ground manifest traces (buddhist deities appearing in Japan as native Kami to save and convert people) |
Kami are local manifestations of Buddhist deities |
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(しょうとく·たいし) 聖徳太子 Shoutoku Taishi |
577 - 622? Soga Clan Sage + Virtue (Mythic Figure)
"Father" of JP State and JP Buddhism |
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(まっぽう) 末法 Mappou |
End of the dharma |
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(おうじょう) 往生 Ojo |
Pure Land / death |
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Samsara |
Cycle of endless birth |
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(ろくど) 六度 Rokudo |
Six Realms |
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(ほうねん) 法然 Hounen 1133 - 1212 |
Pure Land Buddhism (じょうど) |
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(しんらん) 親鸞 Shinran 1173 - 1262 |
True Pure Land Buddhism (しんしゅう) |
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(ねんぶつ) 念仏 Nenbutsu |
(なむあみだぶつ) 南無阿弥陀仏 Namu Amida Butsu |
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Tale of the 平家 (へいけ) Heike Characters |
(たいらのきよもり) Taira no Kiyomori 1118 - 1181 + Emperor
(ふじわら) 藤原 Fujiwara Clan (なかとみ) + (みなもと) 源 Minamoto Clan (源氏)
(みなもとのよりとも) 源頼朝 Minamoto no Yorimoto 1147 - 1199
(みなもとのよしつね) 源義経 Minamoto no Yoshitsune 1159 - 1189
べんけい Benkei |
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源氏物語 (げんじものがたり) Genji Monogatari |
Tale of Genji in the Heian Period |
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平家物語 Heike Monogatari |
たいら clan vs. みなもと clan Taira Clan vs. Narimoto Clan |
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へいけ Heike warrior ideals |
Concepts of personal loyalty
Willingness to sacrifice life for one's lord
Fight an honorable death |
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Christian Century |
1549 - Jesuit priest (Francis Xavier (1506-1552) arrives in Kyushu to begin proselytizing
1637 - Shimabara Rebellion |
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かくれクリスチャン Kakure Christian |
300k Christians in Japan 1614, 1/2 in 1639
JP Christians went into hiding (mainly in 九州 kyushu) w/ hidden practices |
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しゅさく·えんど Endo Shusaku 1923 - 1996 |
Baptized as "Paul" and JP postwar writer |
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Tokugawa Period (徳川時代) |
1600 - 1868 江戸時代 (えどじだい) Edo Period
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Class System 士農工商 (しのうこうしょう) |
Samurai Farmers (/peasants) Craftsman Merchants Untouchables (butchers, etc.) |
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Alternative Residence System |
(だいみょう) 大名 - Feudal Lord
Daimyou work elsewhere while family lives under shogun as hostages in case |
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浮世絵 (うきようえ) Ukiyoe |
Pictures of the floating world
Kuniyoshi 1797 - 1861 Hokusai 1760 - 1849 (Hokusai Manga) |
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(ちょうじゅうぎが) 鳥獣戯画 Choju Giga |
Animal Scrolls By Toba Sojo 1053 - 1140 |
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Kamakura Sects |
Pure land 浄土 じょうど True pure land しんしゅう Rinzai Zen Soutou Zen Nichiren |
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Soto Zen |
Dougen 1200-1253 Zazen - seated meditation Practice & enlightenment are one |
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Procedures for taking meals |
ふしゅくはんぽう |
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部落民 ぶらくみん |
People of the Hamlet |
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えた |
Untouchables "lots of impurity" |
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ひにん |
"non person" |
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かいみょう |
Posthumous Name |
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New Religion Timeline |
Meiji Period Pre War (Shouwa period) Post War (start of new new) |
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New Religion Characteristics |
Polytheism Syncretism Female founders Spirit Possession Lay/Clergy divide Active |
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New religion themes |
Worldy benefits Physical healing Rectification of the world Personal transformation |
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まひかり mahikari |
Spirit Purificafion |
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おきよめ okiyome |
Purification ritual using the hand |
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Aum |
Founded by Asahara Shoko 1987 Born as Matsumoto Chizuo and nearly blind |
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Subway Attack |
March 20, 1995 Asahara found hiding and arrested Oct 30, told to disband Aum Aleph was created |
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Showa period |
1925 - 1988 Hirohito the Emperor (longest) Heisei 1989 - |
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Non Eminent Monks |
199 M - 27 F 25% lay born 66% first sons |
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Buddhist Modernism |
As rational, empirical, scientific Ideal form vs. Actual form Normative rather than Descriptive |
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無縁 むえん muen |
No bonds |
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Modernism against Buddhism |
Monks forced to retire Bells forged to cannons |
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Eternal Memorial graves |
No descendants Cheap Freedom |
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縁 en |
Bonds; Connection
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