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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism Hardcover – Illustrated, January 30, 2002
by Helen Josephine Baroni (Author)
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• Over 1,7 in-depth entries from A to Z, containing information on the beliefs, practices, and history of Zen Buddhism as well as its most significant movements, organizations, and personalities. • Complete with black-and-white photos throughout that illustrate the many aspects of Zen Buddhist culture and religion, including temples, relics, artifacts, and the ceremonial objects used by practitioners. • Thoroughly cross-referenced entries guide the reader to related terms and concepts. • 8 1/2" x 11" • Library-bound • 5 pages • Copyright 22 Zen Buddhism is one of the most important and influential world religions. Its unique forms of artistic, philosophical, and spiritual practices, including meditation, haiku, and calligraphy, have spread throughout the world. Written in a clear and accessible style, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism introduces readers to this vital and influential tradition. Helen J. Baroni, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the department of religion at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She received a bachelor of arts from Grinnell College in 1981, a master's degree in divinity from the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1984, and both a master's degree (199) and a doctorate degree (1993) in philosophy from Columbia University. From 199 to 1991, Dr. Baroni was a visiting research fellow at the International Research Institute for Zen Buddhism of Hanazozo College in Kyoto, Japan. She was awarded a Japan Foundation Dissertation Fellowship in 199, a Weatherhead Fellowship in 1992, and a grant from the Harvard Pluralism Project in 1998. Dr. Baroni has published a number of journal articles on Japanese religions. She is also the author of Obaku Zen: The Emergence of the Third Sect of Zen in Tokugawa, Japan, published by the University of Hawaii Press (2).
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This encyclopedia covers festivals, texts, doctrine, rituals, practices, biographies, deities and heroes, architecture, mythology, sects, and institutions of the religious tradition covered. Among the more than 1,700 entries are Dogen Kigan, Filial piety, and Shikhin Buddha. Much of the content consists of short, dictionary-type definitions, although some (for example, Bodhisattva precepts, Buddha, Pilgrimage) are more expansive. The illustrations are all black and white, occur on approximately one-quarter of the pages, and usually cover less than half a page. The entries include extensive cross-references, and the "Contents by Subject" at the beginning of the encyclopedia aids the reader in locating thematically related entries. The coverage of the subject areas is good.
The encyclopedia could have been greatly improved with the inclusion of glossaries giving the terms in the various languages involved. A glossary of Sanskrit, Chinese characters, pinyin and Wade-Giles Chinese transliteration methods, and transliterated Japanese would significantly increase the utility. Although the volume is adequate for the general reader, this conspicuous omission limits its usefulness for the more serious researcher.
Libraries that already have common religion reference sources, such as Eliade's The Encyclopedia of Religion (Macmillan, 1987), will probably find no reason to add this new encyclopedia to their collections. Some other subject encyclopedias may also be more useful. For example, Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia (Kodansha, 1993) includes the Chinese characters with Japanese transliterations along with far superior illustrations and gives good coverage of religious themes. However, academic libraries supporting large religious studies departments may want to buy The Ilustrated Encyclopedia of Zen Buddhism for the added coverage. Public libraries that have no other resources on Zen Buddhism might also consider it. RBB
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Publisher : Rosen Pub Group; Illustrated edition (January 30, 2002)
Language : English
Hardcover : 426 pages
ISBN-10 : 0823922405
ISBN-13 : 978-0823922406
Reading age : Baby
Item Weight : 3.4 pounds
Dimensions : 9 x 1.25 x 11.5 inchesBest Sellers Rank: #1,533,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)#1,127 in Zen Philosophy (Books)
#2,827 in Religion EncyclopediasCustomer Reviews:
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John Stucky
3.0 out of 5 stars Some good an insightful entries---but she refers to Bodhidharma as BodhidarumaReviewed in the United States on December 14, 2016
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Some good and insightful entries---but she refers to Bodhidharma as Bodhidaruma...??!! This makes me wonder about the quality of information overall.
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John Sorensen
3.0 out of 5 stars mehReviewed in the United States on June 29, 2015
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A wealth of terms left out
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Hakuyu
4.0 out of 5 stars Useful, but rather restricted.Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2005
If the title is taken literally, this Encyclopaedia of Zen Buddhism fulfils its function well - giving the general reader handy notes and references to Zen Buddhism, its practices, customs and institutions -as found in Japan. However, given the weighty 'Chinese' legacy behind Japanese Zen Buddhism, one might have expected more references to the Chinese background,if only transcriptions of the Chinese way of pronouncing key names, terms and idioms found in the Japanese sources. More than a few eminent Japanese Zen monks travelled to China to practice in the Ch'an temples there, and a bit more of the Chinese background, generally, would have made this book considerably more useful. Similar problems arise when it comes to the use of Sino-Japanese idioms derived from Sanskrit.
Without concessions in this direction, readers will probably have to look elsewhere for the links, which compromises the usefulness of this book as an encyclopaedia. Still, it will prove helpful for the general reader.
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Derek J.
4.0 out of 5 stars Zen a practise of its own.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2016
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Very good book.
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