RELIGST 1B06 Chapter 1: Mark Rowe - Oct8-Religion
17 Apr 2016
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Learned meditation have nothing to do with buddhism in japan. Regular priests: married, families, children, regular people. Temples run by temple priests and families: taken over by rst son of the priests, training period (11 days - 5 years), average (3 months) Nem interviews: 225 priests + 1 non-priest, 199 male + 27 females. When given a present, must pray to the buddha for it rst. What on earth is religion - guest speaker notes. The speakers philosophy of studying religion(anthropological approach) - most religious studies/buddhist focus on the most ideal form of the tradition. Zen garden in the temple, prayer, meditation, related to enlightenment. Funeral/memorial services - temple priests conducting memorial rites, funerals are very different from funerals we have in canada. Priest lives - they are married with families, have a great sense of humor, they have babies, they wrestle,
