Art in Zen & Shingon: two fascinating, xtra-geeky podcasts with @hokaisobol & Pamela Winfield: http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2014/06/bg-327-art-enlightenment/ … http://www.buddhistgeeks.com/2014/07/bg-328-icons-iconoclasm-japanese-buddhism/ …
@Meaningness Plus, zen jumped the bandwagon of meiji modernization, while shingon mostly ignored it. It's changing now, but '70s are gone.
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@hokaisobol … maybe it’s that Shingon didn’t modernize because it wasn’t trying to export itself, rather than other way around? -
@Meaningness Good point, but those are both symptoms of zen's deeper resonance, and shingon's dissonance, with "protestant" sentiments. - 3 more replies
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@hokaisobol My (ignorant) impression is that it was mostly export Zen that modernized; domestic Zen not so much? In which case…Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@hokaisobol@Meaningness In the 70s, I found a lot of academic interest in Shingon, but that may have been nature of my Uni and Profs.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@hokaisobol@Meaningness Lately I know of Nyingma and Kagyu Lamas that have an interest in Shingon & Tendai.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@hokaisobol@Meaningness Most Tibetan practitioners do not know Subhakarasimha appended the Tattvasamgraha to raise it to Anuttara.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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