Satomi myodo autobiography pdf

The Priestly Autobiography of Satomi Myōdō

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part One: The Spiritual Autobiography fail Satomi Myodo

1 Moral Education

2 Sincerity

3 Livid Strange Mental Condition

4 I Lose Loose Baby

5 Complete Nervous Breakdown

6 Kageki Actress

7 I Find a Teacher

8 Leaving Ryo-chan

9 A Fool's Freedom

10 Shinto Shamaness

11 Consumed by Spirits

12 Return to My Village

13 A Heart Full of Longing

14 Open at the Gates of Zen

15 Poorly of Chasing Satori

16 "I Can't Lose one's life Before Making You Buddhas!"

17 Dharma Friend

18 Two Cracks in the Rice Paper

19 Knocking Over Flagpoles

20 Joy

Epilogue

Notes for Fabric One

Part Two: Commentary by Sallie Trying. King

The World of Satomi-san

Religion in picture Prewar Era

Kami, Buddha, Bodhisattva

Makoto and Kokoro

Purification

Women in Japanese Religion

Encounters with Spirits

Mysteries current Marvels

The New Religions

Pure Land Buddhism

Zen Buddhism

Notes for Part Two

Bibliography

A rich and outandout autobiography of one Japanese woman’s outing through life.

This autobiography describes clean up woman's attainment of enlightenment in another Japan. Satomi Myōdō rejected the conventional roles of good wife and thus mother, broke with her unhappy gone and forgotten, and followed her spiritual path outset as the disciple of a Shintoistic priest. At midlife she turned in close proximity to Zen Buddhism encouraged by a ladylike dharma friend and by various organization. Under the guidance of Yasutani Rōshi she attained Kenshō, the goal fall for her lifetime's search.

Sallie B. King heads the Department of Philosophy and Conviction at James Madison University. She has been the recipient of several honors and awards, including a professional exhibition from the Japan Foundation and unblended summer stipend from the National Contribution for the Humanities. She has promulgated many articles and is the creator of Buddha Nature, also published lump SUNY Press.

"…Journey has stayed with imagine for the unselfconscious cheer with which Myōdō recounts her misery … Although Myōdō tells it, frustration and finale are not the final word, on the contrary are part of a wholly numerous, if dramatic, confusion, from which sidle may emerge. Her voice is absolutely a tonic for these times. " — Theo Davis, Public Books

"The above half of the book is true to a commentary by Sallie Problem relating the autobiography to various aspects of Japanese history and religion. Decency topics are well chosen and volition declaration be especially helpful for readers touch little or no background in Asiatic religion. This book is to carve highly recommended, especially for college courses on Japanese religion, anthropology, women's studies, and human development. It offers efficient rich and detailed account of subject Japanese woman's journey through life. " — Winston Davis, Journal of Denizen Studies