Zen at War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zen at War write by Brian Daizen Victoria. This book was released on 2006-06-22. Zen at War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A compelling history of the contradictory, often militaristic, role of Zen Buddhism, this book meticulously documents the close and previously unknown support of a supposedly peaceful religion for Japanese militarism throughout World War II. Drawing on the writings and speeches of leading Zen masters and scholars, Brian Victoria shows that Zen served as a powerful foundation for the fanatical and suicidal spirit displayed by the imperial Japanese military. At the same time, the author recounts the dramatic and tragic stories of the handful of Buddhist organizations and individuals that dared to oppose Japan's march to war. He follows this history up through recent apologies by several Zen sects for their support of the war and the way support for militarism was transformed into 'corporate Zen' in postwar Japan. The second edition includes a substantive new chapter on the roots of Zen militarism and an epilogue that explores the potentially volatile mix of religion and war. With the increasing interest in Buddhism in the West, this book is as timely as it is certain to be controversial.
Zen War Stories
Zen War Stories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zen War Stories write by Daizen Victoria. This book was released on 2003. Zen War Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Zen and Japanese Militarism
Zen and Japanese Militarism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zen and Japanese Militarism write by Brian Andre Victoria. This book was released on 1996. Zen and Japanese Militarism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Zen and Japanese Militarism
Zen and Japanese Militarism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zen and Japanese Militarism write by Daizen Victoria. This book was released on 1996. Zen and Japanese Militarism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Zen War Stories
Zen War Stories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zen War Stories write by Brian Victoria. This book was released on 2012-12-06. Zen War Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Following the critically acclaimed Zen at War (1997), Brian Victoria explores the intimate relationship between Japanese institutional Buddhism and militarism during the Second World War. Victoria reveals for the first time, through examination of the wartime writings of the Japanese military itself, that the Zen school's view of life and death was deliberately incorporated into the military's programme of 'spiritual education' in order to develop a fanatical military spirit in both soldiers and civilians. Furthermore, that D. T. Suzuki, the most famous exponent of Zen in the West, is shown to have been a wartime proponent of this Zen-inspired viewpoint which enabled Japanese soldiers to leave for the battlefield already resigned to death. Victoria takes us onto the naval battlefield in the company of warrior-monk and Rinzai Zen Master Nakajima Genjô. We view the war in China through the eyes of a Buddhist military chaplain. The book also examines the relationship to Buddhism of Japan's seven Class-A war criminals who were hung by the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal in 1948. A highly controversial study, this book will be of interest, first and foremost, to students of Zen as well as all those studying the history of this period, not to mention anyone concerned with the perennial question of the 'proper' relationship between religion and the state.
