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[[Kirigami]] were also | [[Kirigami]] were also | ||
− | : ...'notes' or 'memos' transmitted from [[master]] to [[disciple]] together with oral or [[esoteric teachings]]; they included instructions in the various functions of a [[temple]] priest, including memorial services and necrologies, both of which were conducted with the explicit aim of perpetuating {{Wiki|social}} {{Wiki|discrimination}}." | + | : ...'notes' or 'memos' transmitted from [[master]] to [[disciple]] together with oral or [[esoteric teachings]]; they included instructions in the various functions of a [[temple]] [[priest]], including memorial services and necrologies, both of which were conducted with the explicit aim of perpetuating {{Wiki|social}} {{Wiki|discrimination}}." |
Bernard Faure writes that the [[kirigami]] were | Bernard Faure writes that the [[kirigami]] were |
Latest revision as of 13:15, 5 July 2014
The kirigami were esoteric documents of the Sōtō school in medieval Japan which
- ...reflect a creative use of traditional kōan records integrated with popular religious themes such as devotion to local gods and the exorcism of demonic spirits."
For instance,
Some kirigami
- ...describe talismans that women had to carry or swallow to purify themselves from blood defilement when they attended religious ceremonies."
Kirigami were also
- ...'notes' or 'memos' transmitted from master to disciple together with oral or esoteric teachings; they included instructions in the various functions of a temple priest, including memorial services and necrologies, both of which were conducted with the explicit aim of perpetuating social discrimination."
Bernard Faure writes that the kirigami were
- ...documents whose diagrammatic aspect and ritual function bring to mind the prophetic scriptures (chanwei) of Confucian imperial ideology and Daoist talismans studied by Anna Seidel.
Steven Heine writes that,