Experimental Buddhism: Innovation and Activism in Contemporary Japan

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Experimental Buddhism Topics in Contemporary Buddhism George J. Tanabe, Jr., Editor Establishing a Pure Land on Earth: The Foguang Buddhist Perspective on Modernization and Globalization Stuart Chandler Buddhist Missionaries in the Era of Globalization Linda Learman, editor Being Benevolence: The Social Ethics of Engaged Buddhism Sallie B. King Japanese Temple Buddhism: Worldliness in a Religion of Renunciation Stephen G. Covell Zen in Brazil: The Quest for Cosmopolitan Modernity Cristina Rocha Land of Beautiful Vision: Making a Buddhist Sacred Place in New Zealand Sally McAra Attracting the Heart: Social Relations and the Aeshetics of Emotion in Sri Lankan Monastic Culture Jeffrey Samuels The Buddha Side: Gender, Power, and Buddhist Practice in Vietnam Alexander Soucy Passing the Light: The Incense Light Community and Buddhist Nuns in Contemporary Taiwan Chün-fang Yü Experimental Buddhism: Innovation and Activism in Contemporary Japan John K. Nelson EXPERIMENTAL BUDDHISM Innovation and Activism in Contemporary Japan JOHN K. NELSON University of Hawai‘i Press Honolulu TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY BUDDHISM © 2013 University of Hawai‘i Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 18 ​17 ​16 ​15 ​14 ​13 6 ​5 ​4 ​3 ​2 ​1 Library of Congress Cataloging-­in-­Publication Data Nelson, John K. (John Kenneth) Experimental Buddhism : innovation and activism in contemporary Japan / John K. Nelson.     pages cm — (Topics in contemporary Buddhism) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8248-3833-1 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8248-3898-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Buddhism—Japan—Customs and practices. 2. Buddhism and social problems—Japan. 3. Buddhism—Social aspects—­ Japan. I. Title. II. Series: Topics in contemporary Buddhism. BQ676.N45 2014 294.30952'09051—dc23 2013015000 University of Hawai‘i Press books are printed on acid-­free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Council on Library Resources. Printed by Sheridan Books, Inc. ...