Death and the Afterlife in Japanese Buddhism 9780824862152

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Mukaekō Practice for the Deathbed
2. With the Help of ‘‘Good Friends’’ Deathbed Ritual Practices in Early Medieval Japan
3. Beyond Death and the Afterlife Considering Relic Veneration in Medieval Japan
4. Collective Suicide at the Funeral of Jitsunyo Mimesis or Solidarity?
5. At the Crossroads of Birth and Death The Blood Pool Hell and Postmortem Fetal Extraction
6. Funerary Zen Sōtō Zen Death Management in Tokugawa Japan
7. The Structure of Japanese Buddhist Funerals
8. The Price of Naming the Dead Posthumous Precept Names and Critiques of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism
9. The Orthodox Heresy of Buddhist Funerals
Glossary of Chinese and Japanese Characters
Contributors
Index

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