Richard Bowring traces the development of Japanese ... of how Buddhism and Shintõ interacted in Japanese culture. By incorporating recent scholarship into this book, Bowring has filled a ...

a religion professor at Hokkaido University. Historically, Buddhism arrived in Japan in the 6th century and took root. From around 1640, as part of a push to ban Christianity, temples kept ...

The enjoyment of nature is a central element of Japanese spirituality, and with miles of pristine coastline and acres of ...

Today’s Japanese Buddhism is vastly different from what the religion once was. A series exploring the history of Buddhism from its beginnings to its present state in Japan.

The concept of ikigai has gained popularity in recent years, and while the term has been used in Japan for centuries, the ...

Some of the leaders of religious thought in Japan are endeavoring to choose between Buddhism, Shintoism, and Christianity as the future religion of the empire. Others would amalgamate the best ...

As a child, in Kyoto, Japan’s temple-filled ancient ... the Trinity doctrine unreasonable. I abhorred Buddhism because it is a skeptical religion, without a central idea or purpose.

and the Nihon shoki (Chronicle of Japan). With the adoption of Buddhism as the state religion, its monasteries gain political power. HEIAN (794-1185) Imperial court moves to Heiankyo (now Kyoto) to ...

There was, as yet, in China no official state cult of Confucius, no Buddhism, and no organized religious Daoism. The beliefs of Korea and Japan at that early period are largely lost in an unrecorded ...

“Peasant Revolts as Anti-authoritarian Archetypes for Radical Buddhism in Modern Japan.” Journal of Religion in Japan 5, 1 (2016): 3–21. “Opium Eaters: Buddhism as Revolutionary Politics.” In Buddhism ...

This short film offers an introduction to Shinto, making reference to the centrality of women within Shinto beliefs. Dr Amanda Foreman discusses how Shinto merged with Buddhism in Japan and makes ...