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accepting reality as it is, 16, 32, 47, 50 Addiss, Stephen, 108, 227n94 adoption, 5, 120–121, 123 Aida Mitsuo, 158, 190 amae (relational dependence), 80, 229n36 Amida Buddha, 92–93, 102, 133, 151, 235, 241 amulet, 122, 126, 160 ancestor: as enlightened (see personal Buddha ); private rites, 90; public rites, 40, 66, 98, 99–103, 227n9; relationship to family, 24, 79, 86, 165; schedule of rites, 222n60, 227n8 antiritualistic tradition, 4–5, 18 Aoyama Shundō, ix, 4, 5, 35–36, 54, 63, 65, 76, 79, 90, 95, 105, 109, 111, 121, 130, 142, 144–145, 147, 151–152, 157–160, 163, 174, 177, 179, 201, 207–208, 224n11, 226n60, 226n90, 227n5, 229n30, 230n75, 231n97, 231n1 (chap.4 ), 233n38, 234n68, 235nn83–85 Barnes, Linda, 205, 238n2 beauty: in action, 47–48, 198; creating, 16, 32, 47, 48, 58, 202, 215; in daily life, 111, 145, 183, 190, 194, 201; enjoyment of, 46–47, 98; of impermanence , 168, 195, 197, 198; power of, 136, 182; role in healing, 27, 44, 47, 48, 57, 127, 167, 169, 179–180, 183, 197, 200–203, 208, 210 Bell, Catherine, 19, 57, 217n5, 221n46 birth, 4–5, 27, 31, 37, 67, 81, 121–123, 153, 160, 165, 183–184, 207 Bodiford, William, 18 body-mind, 3, 10, 13, 16–17, 20–21, 31– 35, 37, 40, 42, 47–48, 59, 61, 88, 155, 168–169, 174, 183, 193, 202, 210, 214 bone-gathering ritual, 74–75 bonji, 113–115, 120–121, 123, 163–165 bow: in gratitude, 213, 229n56; as healing activity, 49, 51, 125, 158, 159, 177, 179, 199–200; in rituals, 18, 82, 84, 88, 89, 90, 97, 120, 128–130, 133, 163, 171, 210, 228n28; science of, 88, 213, 239n16 Boyd, James, 39, 111, 192, 224n19, 229n49, 231nn6–7, 234n66, 238n37 brain, 8, 26, 41, 65, 211–214, 237n35, 238n36, 239nn15–16 Buddha: Amida, 93, 102, 126, 133, 151, 175, 235n102; Buddha with no relations , 101; communication with, 41; as deceased person, 23, 67, 72, 74, 79, 105, 165; as enlightened being, 23, 50, 58, 138, 174, 207; Great (Daibutsu), 116–117, 207; Honorable (Hotoke-sama), 62, 68, 76, 90, 97, 99, 140, 189; ritualized treatment of, 49, 73, 79, 82; Sakyamuni (Shaka), 89, 92, 154; as sickness, 36, 159; as Supreme Physician, 14; as teacher, 50, 97, 125. See also personal Buddha Index 256 Index Buddha activity, 17, 41 Buddha heart-mind, 52, 89 Buddha-hood, 23 Buddha nature, x, 13–14, 17–18, 21, 23, 26, 35, 67, 105–106, 109, 112–113, 164, 209, 214, 220n38; actualized in ritual, 26, 105–106, 112, 164, 209; embodied, 35, 109 Buddha’s birthday ritual, 126, 165 Buddhist figure copying, 154, 155, 175– 177, 179 Buppō. See Dharma butsudan. See home altar calligraphy, 18, 31, 122, 156–157, 167– 170, 172, 174, 179, 199, 201, 210 channeling, 133, 135, 207 chant: as bodily activity, 40, 89, 92, 94, 97, 118, 170, 192, 212, 214; as experienced in healing ritual, 22, 27, 53, 91, 98, 112, 114, 123–125, 127–129, 131–132, 164, 166, 210, 233n48; Heart Sutra, 136, 139, 160, 172; at home altar, 62, 81–84, 90, 101, 120, 126, 140, 144, 163, 208, 230n73; at mortuary rituals, 68, 72–74, 95, 100, 102, 105; “Namu Amida Butsu,” 93, 133–134, 151 Christianity, 12, 24–25, 151, 217n3, 235n105 chronic pain, 41, 57, 98, 161, 162, 163, 174 compassion: as aim of healing, 1, 61–62, 67, 155–156, 181, 203, 205; embodying , 16, 32, 48, 53, 58–60, 79, 121, 138, 158, 174, 196, 215; ritualized acts to cultivate, 35, 93–94, 97, 110, 117, 130, 132, 136, 139, 163, 165, 175 Confucian tradition, 12–13, 18–19, 81, 218n7, 222n51 conventional reality, 164 cultivating gratitude, 16, 32, 48, 50, 78, 85, 215 cure, 16, 35, 37, 64, 108, 159, 161, 163, 179, 233n48, 234n64 Daihannya, 128, 130–131, 164–165 Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, 46, 59, 143, 167, 204, 225n30, 226n74, 235n82, 236n1 Davidson, Richard, 46, 213 death: conception of, 23, 63, 65, 67, 68, 78, 86, 104, 105, 155, 206, 227; fear of, 1, 112, 164; no fear of, 34, 43, 65, 81, 211; peace with, x, 103, 156; in relation to healing, xiii, 76, 80, 84, 123, 152, 205; rituals of, 2, 23, 38, 66, 69, 71–75, 79, 82, 89, 95, 102, 107, 165, 173, 184, 197, 227n14, 228n15 Death anniversary, 68–69, 82, 89, 95, 197, 227n14, 228n15 delusion, 12, 21, 23, 30–31...

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