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Vegetal Buddhas

Ideological Effects of Japanese Buddhist Doctrines on the Salvation of Inanimate Beings

By Fabio Rambelli

Vegetal Buddhas: Ideological Effects Of Japanese Buddhist Doctrines On The Salvation Of Inanimate Beings
Publication year
2001
ISBN
978-4-900793-17-0
Price
2,000 yen
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AA study of the doctrines on the salvation of plants and inanimate objects in medieval Japanese Buddhism, and an explanation of the ideological and economic reasons behind their introduction.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: Nonsentients, Nature and Material Objects
  • Chapter 1: Ecosophia and Ecognosis: Buddhist Doctrines of The Nonsentient
    - The Status of Nonsentients in East Asian Buddhism
    - Tendai Ecognosis
    - Shingon Ecognosis
  • Chapter 2: Ecopietas: The DiscourseI of The Nonsentient and Its Cultural Ramifications
    - The Domain of Ecopietas
    - Trees, Kami, and Buddhism
    - Suwa Shrine’s Onbashira Ritual and the Transformation of Nature
    - The Revenge of the Nonsentients
    - Soteriological Implications of Doctrines on Plants’ Salvation
  • Chapter 3: IDEOLOGICAL EFFECTS
    - Environmentalism and Ecological Ethics
    - Againts Tree Cutting: Environmentalism, Religion, and Ideology
    - Animism and the Japanese Cultural Tradition
    - A Metaphor of Power