Intellectuals and Japanese Buddhism in Brazil
This study concentrates on the discovery of Japanese Buddhism by Brazilian intellectuals as a group of spiritual practices and as a body of spiritual wisdom. The study has been realized through readings and meetings with Japanese Buddhist monks and/or Japanese immigrants. These intellectuals defend...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Nanzan Institute
[2008]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2008, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-79 |
| Further subjects: | B
Brazilian culture
B Zen Buddhism B Meditation B Monks B Religious Studies B Buddhist Philosophy B Japanese culture B Haiku |
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| Summary: | This study concentrates on the discovery of Japanese Buddhism by Brazilian intellectuals as a group of spiritual practices and as a body of spiritual wisdom. The study has been realized through readings and meetings with Japanese Buddhist monks and/or Japanese immigrants. These intellectuals defend a religious experience based on a universal notion of representations of Japanese Buddhism, which provides them with a non-dualistic philosophical perspective and a unique psychological experience. Through innovative spiritual experiences these intellectuals have broken the tension created within the dispute between secularized science and the Catholic hegemony, both predominant in the intellectual panorama. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Japanese journal of religious studies
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