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Two Trips in Search of the Buddha: A Trip Through the Inland Sea and a Walk Around the Island of Shikoku - Couverture souple

Shansky, Albert

 
9781438921754: Two Trips in Search of the Buddha: A Trip Through the Inland Sea and a Walk Around the Island of Shikoku
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1438921756 ISBN 13 : 9781438921754
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2008

Synopsis

Come with me as I travel through Japan in search of the Buddha and the Buddhist ethic. Ever since my first visit to Japan in 1962 I have been fascinated by Japanese culture. To date I have made twenty trips to Japan. I began exploring museums and temples where I visited some of the most beautiful and spectacular art work of the Japanese religions. Looking at some of the Buddhist art work in temples and museums I developed a gripping need to learn more about what I was viewing. I had an eagerness in reading about Buddhism and consumed many books on the subject. I decided to pursue Buddhist terachings by traveling through Japan and partaking in the culture. The first trip, in 1981, was a journey back and forth across the Inland Sea during which I encountered many people who explained the Buddhist religion to me. Ten years later in 1991, I made a pilgrimage by walking halfway around the Island of Shikoku stopping at 42 of the 88 temples built by the monk Kukai. It was here I met many pilgrims and temple monks who continued my Buddhist education. These two trips were important preliminary components of my life of a practicing Buddhist. - Albert Shansky

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Come with me as I travel through Japan in search of the Buddha and the Buddhist ethic. Ever since my first visit to Japan in 1962 I have been fascinated by Japanese culture. To date I have made twenty trips to Japan. I began exploring museums and temples where I visited some of the most beautiful and spectacular art work of the Japanese religions. Looking at some of the Buddhist art work in temples and museums I developed a gripping need to learn more about what I was viewing. I had an eagerness in reading about Buddhism and consumed many books on the subject. I decided to pursue Buddhist terachings by traveling through Japan and partaking in the culture. The first trip, in 1981, was a journey back and forth across the Inland Sea during which I encountered many people who explained the Buddhist religion to me. Ten years later in 1991, I made a pilgrimage by walking halfway around the Island of Shikoku stopping at 42 of the 88 temples built by the monk Kukai. It was here I met many pilgrims and temple monks who continued my Buddhist education. These two trips were important preliminary components of my life of a practicing Buddhist. - Albert Shansky

Biographie de l'auteur

Albert Shansky is a Buddhist scholar and a member of the Soto Zen tradition of Buddhism. He teaches philosophy and religion as an adjunct professor in the Humanities Department of Norwalk Community College. He was the Executive Vice President of the International Institute for Field-Being at Fairfield University. He was a member of the Hosshinji Monastery in Obama, Japan where he practiced as a monk. He has had two books published on thirteenth century Japan and one book on a personal memoir as a Buddhist practitioner.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1438921756
ISBN 13 
9781438921754
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
236
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