The Buddha and the Bathwater: Defilement and Enlightenment in the Onsenji engi
This article examines the origins of Onsenji, a temple at the Arima hot springs, together with a set of closely related tales of other sites of curative bathing where religious exemplars encounter Buddhist deities of healing, to explore the narrative and doctrinal patterns of the engi genre. It sugg...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
[2015]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 71-87 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Gyōki 668-749
/ Onsenji (Arima Onsen)
/ Pratitya-samutpada
/ Purification ritual
/ Yakushi
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBM Asia NBK Soteriology |
| Further subjects: | B
Ritual baths
B Tales B Deities B Monks B Hot springs B Leprosy B Healing B Bodhisattva |
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