
Published online:
17 November 2016
Published in print:
30 April 2010
Online ISBN:
9780824870737
Print ISBN:
9780824833947
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Performing the Priestly Rituals of the Ritsu Sect Performing the Priestly Rituals of the Ritsu Sect
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The Ritual Calendar The Ritual Calendar
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Daily Rites Daily Rites
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Large-Scale Ceremonies Large-Scale Ceremonies
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Chanted Lectures Chanted Lectures
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The Chanted Lecture on Ānanda The Chanted Lecture on Ānanda
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The Chanted Lecture on Rāhula The Chanted Lecture on Rāhula
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The Great Brahma Net Ceremony in Honor of Queen-Consort Kōmyō The Great Brahma Net Ceremony in Honor of Queen-Consort Kōmyō
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The Female Priesthood The Female Priesthood
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Cite
Meeks, Lori, 'Ritual Life at Medieval Hokkeji', Hokkeji and the Reemergence of Female Monastic Orders in Premodern Japan (Honolulu, HI , 2010; online edn, Hawai'i Scholarship Online, 17 Nov. 2016), https://doi.org/10.21313/hawaii/9780824833947.003.0007, accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the ritual life of the medieval Hokkeji community. The study and performance of ritual served Hokkeji nuns on a number of levels. It was through ritual practice that Hokkeji nuns were able to claim a place in the broader Ritsu community, to work toward toward their own salvation and that of their loved ones, and to serve lay communities both near and far. Indeed, the centrality of ritual in the lives of Hokkeji nuns and in their relationships with lay patrons is so striking that it raises the question of whether or not the Hokkeji nuns' order is best described as a female priesthood.
Keywords:
ritual life, medieval Hokkeji, Hokkeji nuns, ritual practice, Ritsu community, female priesthood
Subject
Buddhism
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