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Curing with Kaji: Healing and Esoteric Empowerment in Japan |
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Author |
Winfield, Pamela D.
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Source |
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
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Volume | v.32 n.1 |
Date | 2005 |
Pages | 107 - 130 |
Publisher | Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture=南山宗教文化研究所 |
Publisher Url |
http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/
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Location | 名古屋, 日本 [Nagoya, Japan] |
Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
Language | 英文=English |
Note | Pamela D. Winfield is an assistant professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Meredith College in Raleigh, NC. |
Keyword | kaji; mikkyo; Esoteric Buddhism; Medicine; Oda Ryuko; Ikeguchi Ekan |
Abstract | The Shingon practice of kaji is generally understood to be a mutual empowerment of self and Buddha that occurs in esoteric interpenetration visualizations. This doctrinal definition however, neglects the important role that kaji has historically played as a hands-on healing technique. This paper examines some of the theoretical, practical, and historical dimensions of kaji, while also considering some of the modern-day claims of kaji practitioners and patients in contemporary Japan. Such an investigation not only expands our understanding of Japan’s religio-medical history, but also prompts our re-evaluation of the dominant discourses related to Chinese kanpō, Neo-Confucian, and Western European medicine. |
ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
Hits | 787 |
Created date | 2013.01.11 |
Modified date | 2017.08.29 |
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