NUTR 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Vimalakirti Sutra, Lotus Sutra, Kamakura Period
8 Aug 2018
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For example: attachments, not in control of passions. Account of my ten foot square hut had similar themes and a clear buddhist narrative. But this approach and return to nature is very central. City = attachments, nature - free of attachments. Tales of times now past , buddhist source but eclectic religious aspects. Shows us religion as it was lived outside the monastery and the court. Religion as seen through the eyes of the elite, monarchs, monks, emperors, etc is what is often found in religious texts. Approachable, easily understandable source that was used in villages to bring buddhism. 13th century letters of the nun eshinni provide us a glimpse of buddhism as seen by women in pre-modern japan. Not easy to find written sources about how women experienced faith. Kamakura period in japan was important because there was a dominant military figure starting in.
