“Beauty that Floats on Mud”
Gereon Kopf
12 January 2019
Illuminations of the Lotus Sutra
Buddhism in Japan introduces the histories, practices, and beliefs of various Buddhist schools, thinkers, and practitioners in Japan. It explores popular as well as little known faces of Buddhism in Japan through the reflections on texts, explorations of religious sites, and encounters with practitioners.
Primarily authored by Gereon Kopf, a Professor in the religion department at Luther College, Iowa, USA and the founding editor of the Journal of Buddhist Philosophy.
Buddhism in Japan is published bi-monthly.
Transmuting All Things in Life into Wisdom
Liu Yingzhao
26 December 2018
Liu Yingzhao reflects on a life of spiritual alchemy
What Use is Morality for Meditation?
Gereon Kopf
26 October 2018
The path to wisdom and compassion
Bull-headed Wrath: The Propagation of Daiitoku Myōō Iconography
Michael Van Hartingsveldt
24 August 2018
An integral deity in esoteric Japanese Buddhism
Shigaraki Ware: A Ceramic Tradition Shaped by Hands and Buddhism
Meher McArthur
13 August 2018
Expressions of austerity, spontaneity, and simplicity
“This Mind is the Buddha”* — Being Religious (in Japan)
Gereon Kopf
30 June 2018
Between immanence and transcendence
The Propagation of Fudō Iconography in Japan
Michael Van Hartingsveldt
10 May 2018
The wrathful manifestation of Vairocana in Esoteric…
Expressions between Dogma and Silence: A Japanese Take on the Two Truths
Gereon Kopf
20 April 2018
Exploring two interpretations of a central Buddhist doctrine
Origins of the Godai Myо̄о̄
Michael Van Hartingsveldt
8 March 2018
Introducing a new column on iconography in Japanese…
Becoming a Buddha – A Shingon Buddhist 10-step Program
Gereon Kopf
1 March 2018
Mapping the way from suffering to liberation
Meaning in the Face of Transience: Reflections of Socially Engaged Buddhists in Japan
Gereon Kopf
17 January 2018
Finding solace in impermanence