Teaching Japanese Buddhism Why teach an unfamiliar religion
Teaching Japanese Buddhism
Why teach an unfamiliar religion? Globalization? Co-existence? Religions role in the world/societies of today? Put ones own religion in perspective? Learn about different cultures? Fascination? Choose what´s the purpose of the course?
Approach? Different or same approach as when we teach about Christianity? Choose to look for the exotic or for similarities?
Introduction to an unfamiliar religion How to make the students interested? Pictures Sounds Tastes Artefacts
Why use pictures? What can we use pictures for? What can we extract about Buddhism from these pictures? What can we extract about how our society view/use Buddhism from the pictures? How does the media use Buddhism? Which Buddhist do we know?
Branding Buddhism Photo by Jørn Borup
Photo by Jørn Borup
Photo by Jørn Borup
Photo by Jørn Borup
Buddhism in Art Photo by Jørn Borup
Photo by Jørn Borup
Mr Buddhism? Photo by Jørn Borup
Living Buddhism Photo by Jørn Borup
Photo by Jørn Borup
Photo by Jørn Borup
Photo by Jørn Borup
Photo by Jørn Borup
Photo by Jørn Borup
How to construct a course in Japenese Buddhism
Main subjects Introduction Central concepts in Buddhism Mahayana-Buddhism – changes from the earliest Buddhism Japanese Buddhism Zen-Buddhism Shin-Buddhism
Shin-Buddhism
”Saved by the inconceivable working of Amida´s Vow. I shall realize birth in the Pure Land” The moment you entrust yourself thus to the Vow, so that the mind set upon saying the nembutsu arises within you, you are immediately brought the share in the benefit of being grasped by Amida never to be abandoned.
Main subjects Amida Buddha The Pure Land Nembutsu Shinjin Tariki – Other Power Jiriki – Self Power Rituals
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