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Imagining Rāhula in Medieval Japan: The Raun kōshiki |
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| Author |
Meeks, Lori
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Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
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| Volume | v.43 n.1 |
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| Date | 2016 |
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| Pages | 131 - 151 |
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| Publisher | Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture=南山宗教文化研究所 |
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http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/
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| Location | 名古屋, 日本 [Nagoya, Japan] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Lori Meeks is Associate Professor and Chair of Religion at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. |
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| Keyword | Rāhula; Yaśodharā; Śākyamuni; Eison; Nara; Yuishin; kōshiki; Ritsu; Vinaya; arhat; novice; pure land; precepts |
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| Abstract | This article examines the Raun kōshiki, a liturgical text composed by the priest Yuishin, a scholar of both the Hossō and Ritsu (Vinaya) traditions who studied under Nara priests interested in the revival of the precepts. The Raun kōshiki, which is focused on Śākyamuni’s son, Rāhula, captures both the Ritsu school’s interest in “returning” to the foundational teachings of the historical Buddha and his immediate disciples, as well as its support of “early” Buddhist practices associated with the Indian and Chinese Sanghas, such as the veneration of the Buddha’s disciples and the cult of the arhats. In addition to tracing the use of the Raun kōshiki in medieval Ritsu-school circles, this article also undertakes a close reading of the liturgy’s textual content, comparing Yuishin’s portrayal of Rāhula with other textual descriptions of the Buddha’s son circulating in Japan during Yuishin’s time. |
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| Table of contents | Rāhula Veneration in Medieval Nara 132
The Structure, Style, and Content of the Raun kōshiki 137
The First Section: Rāhula’s Birth and Going Forth 139
The Second and Third Sections: Rāhula as a Savior Figure 144
The Fourth and Fifth Sections: Venerating Rāhula and Transferring Merit 146
The Raun kōshiki in the Religious Landscape of Medieval Japan 147
References 149 |
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| ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
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| Hits | 340 |
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| Created date | 2016.07.11 |
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| Modified date | 2017.09.14 |
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