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Haneda, Nobuo. “Introduction.” December Fan: The Buddhist Essays of Manshi Kiyozawa, translated by Nobuo Haneda, Shinshu Center of America, 2014, pp. 1–11.

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Two major Buddhist traditions in Japan. :: Shin and Zen

Three periods of Manshi Kiyozawa's writings:
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2. Buddhist reformation (33–35)
3. Personal religious convictions (35–40)
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Religious philosophy (25–33)

Three periods of Manshi Kiyozawa's writings:

1. Religious philosophy (25–33)
3. Personal religious convictions (35–40)
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   Buddhist reformation (33–35)

Three periods of Manshi Kiyozawa's writings:

1. Religious philosophy (25–33)
2. Buddhist reformation (33–35)

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Personal religious convictions (35–40)

Three periods of Manshi Kiyozawa's writings:
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1. Religious philosophy (25–33)
2. Buddhist reformation (33–35)
3. Personal religious convictions (35–40)

Meiji period years :: 1868–1912

The Meiji period is commonly known as what era? :: Era of modernization or Westernization in Japan

What is a shogun? :: Hereditary military dictator

What is a daimyo? :: Landowning lord

What is a shogunate? :: Government system in Japan where a shogun held power, daimyos pledged loyalty to him, and the emperor is just a figurehead

Edo period years :: 1600–1867

Last shogunate in Japan :: Tokugawa

What is the largest political restructuring in Japan during the Meiji period? :: Transition from the feudal system to a modern state

Two guiding principles of the Meiji government:
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2. Modernization through the acceptance of Western culture
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Restoration of imperial rule

Two guiding principles of the Meiji government:

1. Restoration of imperial rule

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Modernization through the acceptance of Western culture

Two guiding principles of the Meiji government:
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1. Restoration of imperial rule
2. Modernization through the acceptance of Western culture

Per Haneda, what was the basic posture that Kiyozawa took in examining Buddhism? :: No Buddhist teaching is valid until verified by personal experience.

According to Kiyozawa, what is the primary lesson of Buddhism? :: To become liberated.

According to Kiyozawa from what should a Buddhist be liberated from? :: The self.

Per Shakyamuni Buddha, what was the very cause of suffering? :: The view of a fixed and permanent self.

What is anicca in Buddhism? :: Continuous change

Per Shin Buddhism, when does conflict arise? :: When things and people don't meet the expectations of a fixed self.

Per Shin Buddhism, how can one be liberated from the self? :: self-denial

Per Shin Buddhism, why is self-denial difficult? :: The self can't deny itself.

Per Shin Buddhism, what can deny the self and liberate people? :: Dharma

Per Shin Buddhism, how does the Dharma liberate people from the self? :: Takes the form of things beyond its control and challenges it.

How does humility and freedom go hand in hand in Buddhism? :: Humility leads to selflessness, which leads to freedom.

Interpret Shinran's statement: "Even a good person can be liberated, how much more easily a wicked person!" (Tannishō, III) :: People who recognize their wickedness are easier to liberate than those who regard themselves as ethically good.

Per Nobou Haneda, what is the fundamental theme of Shin Buddhism? :: Humility leads to absolute freedom.

Buddhist teachers Kiyozawa focused on to search for the way to absolute humility and freedom. :: Shakyamuni and Shinran

Kiyozawa focused on the life experience of Shakyamuni and Shinran to do what? :: Search for the way to absolute humility and freedom.

Give at least one example of a difficult experience that Kiyozawa went through in the final years of his life. :: tuberculosis, failure to reform Õtani-ha, death of his wife and two sons

At age 35, after his unsuccessful attempts at reform, what did Kiyozawa do? :: Returned to his home temple and focused on the self and his religious conviction

Kiyozawa's diary from age 35 onwards. :: December Fan

Per Haneda, three categories of terms Kiyozawa used to refer to the infinite and supreme universal truth.
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2. Personified symbols
3. non-Buddhist concepts
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Buddhist terms

Per Haneda, three categories of terms Kiyozawa used to refer to the infinite and supreme universal truth.

1. Buddhist terms
3. non-Buddhist concepts
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   Personified symbols

Per Haneda, three categories of terms Kiyozawa used to refer to the infinite and supreme universal truth.

1. Buddhist terms
2. Personified symbols

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non-Buddhist concepts

Per Haneda, three categories of terms Kiyozawa uses to refer to the infinite and supreme universal truth.
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1. Buddhist terms
2. Personified symbols
3. non-Buddhist concepts

Give an example of a Buddhist term that Kiyozawa used to refer to the infinite and supreme universal truth. :: Dharma, inconceivable power (fukashigi-riki), wondrous working (ijin-riki), and Power Beyond the Self (tariki)

The term tariki was originally formulated by the Chinese Pure Land monk T'an-luan.

Give at least one example of a personified symbol Kiyozawa used to refer to the infinite and supreme universal truth. :: Buddha, Buddha Amitābha, and Tathāgata

Give an example of non-Buddhist concepts that Kiyozawa used to refer to the infinite and supreme universal truth. :: the Absolute (zettai), the Infinite (mugen), Heaven (ten), Path of Heaven (tendō), and Mandate of Heaven (tenmei).

Tariki means Power Beyond the Self or Other Power.

Buddha Amitābha means "Embodier of Eternal Light".

Tathāgata means "One Who Has Gone to the Truth of Things as They Are".

Two insights that characterize Kiyozawa's religious conviction:
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2. Wondrousness of the Infinite Power Beyond the Self.
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Futility or ignorance of the self.

Two insights that characterize Kiyozawa's religious conviction:

1. Futility or ignorance of the self.

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Wondrousness of the Infinite Power Beyond the Self.

Two insights that characterize Kiyozawa's religious conviction:
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1. Futility or ignorance of the self.
2. Wondrousness of the Infinite Power Beyond the Self

Compare Kiyozawa's two insights that characterize his religious conviction with the feelings of a person deeply impressed by the ocean's vastness. :: The smaller he feels himself to be, the greater he feels the ocean to be and vice versa

Describe briefly the story Kiyozawa used in "Peace beyond Ethics" to illustrate what entrusting oneself to Tathāgata means.
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• Little boy carries food on a tray.
• Little boy worried that he will drop the tray (conscious of self and responsibility).
• Mother supports the tray.
• Little boy looks back and sees his mother's support (forgets self and responsibility).