Gleanings in Buddha-Fields; Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East Volume 3 by Lafcadio Hearn
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Author: Lafcadio Hearn
Page Count: 54 pages
Published Date: 13 Sep 2013
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781130410716
File size: 41 Mb
File Name: Gleanings.in.Buddha-Fields;.Studies.of.Hand.and.Soul.in.the.Far.East.Volume.3.pdf
Download Link: Gleanings in Buddha-Fields; Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East Volume 3
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...Spirit anwious only in the matter of little sister O-Noto;--with humble salutation, that she be honorably seen to, supplicate. " To the August Lord Master, It is not true that Old Japan is rapidly disappearing. It cannot disappear within at least another hundred years; perhaps it will never entirely disappear. Many curious and beautiful things have vanished; but Old Japan survives in art, in faith, in customs and habits, in the hearts and the homes of the people: it may be found everywhere by those who know how to look for it, --and nowhere more easily than in this great city of ship-building, watchmaking, beer-brewing, and cotton-spinning. I confess that I went to Osaka chiefly to see the temples, especially the famous Tenn6ji. Tenn6ji, or, more correctly, Shitenn6ji, the Temple of the Four Deva Kings,1 is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Japan. It was founded early in the seventh century by Umayado-no-Oji, now called Sh6toku Taishi, son of the Emperor Yomei, and prince regent under the Empress Suiko (572--621 A. D.). He has been well called the Constantine of Japanese Buddhism; for he decided the future of Buddhism in the Empire, first by a great battle in the reign of his father, Yomei Tenn6, and afterwards by legal enactments and by the patronage of Buddhist learning. The previous Emperor, Bitatsu Tenn6, had permitted the preaching of Buddhism by Korean priests, and had built two temples. But under the reign of Yomei, one Mononobe no Moriya, a powerful noble, and a bitter opponent of the foreign religion, rebelled against such tolerance, burned the temples, banished the priests, and ofiered battle to the imperial forces. These, tradition says, were being driven back when the Emperor's son--then only sixteen years...
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