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Dear Colleagues,
Our apologies for cross-posting.
We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Religion in Japan (JRJ) 7.2 has been published. The volume can be viewed at: https://brill.com/view/journals/jrj/7/2/jrj.7.issue-2.xml
With our best regards,
The Editors
Elisabetta Porcu and James Mark Shields
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Journal of Religion in Japan 7.2 (2018)
CONTENTS
Articles
PAOLA CAVALIERE
Dear Dr. Yamamoto,
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ANTHROPOLOGY
Hi Carl. The bardo is not a Taiwanese nor Tibetan invention. There is elaborate debate about the concept (Skt. antarābhava) at least back to the 2nd century BCE Kathāvatthu. There is a good link about it from UVA with references here: https://collab.its.virginia.edu/wiki/renaissanceold/Concept%20Encyclopedia%20Analysis%20-%20The%20Bardo.html.
Regards, Jed
Following on from the successful "The good in 'bad Buddhism: beyond ancient wisdom for contemporary woes" panel at
