I. A Living God : * "Gleaings in Buddha-Fields", by Lafcadio Hearn, [1897], p. 1 GLEANINGS IN BUDDHA-FIELDS I A LIVING GOD I OF whatever dimension, the temples or shrines of pure Shint are all built in the same archaic style. The typical shrine is a windowless oblong building of unpainted timber, with a very steep...
Vii. In Osaka : * "Gleaings in Buddha-Fields", by Lafcadio Hearn, [1897], p. 132 VII IN SAKA Takaki ya ni Noborit mirba Kemuri tatsu;-- Tami no kamado wa Nigiwai ni kri. (When I ascend a high place and look about me, lo! the smoke is rising: the cooking ranges of the people are busy.) "Song of the Emperor"...
X. The Rebirth Of Katsugoro : * "Gleaings in Buddha-Fields", by Lafcadio Hearn, [1897], p. 267 X THE REBIRTH OF KATSUGOR I THE following is not a story,--at least it is not one of "my" stories. It is only the translation of an old Japanese document--or rather series of documents--very much signed and sealed, and dating back...
Title Page : * "Gleaings in Buddha-Fields", by Lafcadio Hearn, [1897], GLEANINGS IN BUDDHA-FIELDS STUDIES OF HAND AND SOUL IN THE FAR EAST BY LAFCADIO HEARN LECTURER ON ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRBNER & COMPANY LIMITED [1897] COPYRIGHT 1897 BY HOUGHT...
Untitled : * This is a wonderful collection of Lafcadio Hearn's essays on Buddhism, Japan, and Japanese folklore.--J.B. Hare Title Page Contents I. A Living God II. Out of the Street III. Notes of a trip to Kyto IV. Dust V. About Faces in Japanese Art VI. Ningy-no-Haka VII. In saka VIII. Buddhist Allusions...
Ix. Nirvana, A Study In Synthetic Buddhism : * "Gleaings in Buddha-Fields", by Lafcadio Hearn, [1897], p. 211 IX NIRVANA A STUDY IN SYNTHETIC BUDDHISM I "It is not possible, O Subhti, that this treatise of the Law should be heard by beings of little faith,--by those who believe in Self, in beings, in living beings, and in persons."--"...
Ii. Out Of The Street : * "Gleaings in Buddha-Fields", by Lafcadio Hearn, [1897], p. 29 II OUT OF THE STREET I "THESE," said Manyemon, putting on the table a roll of wonderfully written Japanese manuscript, "are Vulgar Songs. If they are to be spoken of in some honorable book, perhaps it will be good to say that they are...
Iii. Notes Of A Trip To Kyoto : * "Gleaings in Buddha-Fields", by Lafcadio Hearn, [1897], p. 43 III NOTES OF A TRIP TO KYTO I IT had been intended to celebrate in spring the eleven hundredth anniversary of the foundation of Kyto; but the outbreak of pestilence caused postponement of the festival to the autumn...
Xi. Within The Circle : * "Gleaings in Buddha-Fields", by Lafcadio Hearn, [1897], p. 291 XI WITHIN THE CIRCLE NEITHER personal pain nor personal pleasure can be really expressed in words. It is never possible to communicate them in their original form. It is only possible, by vivid portrayal of the circumstances...
Iv. Dust : * "Gleaings in Buddha-Fields", by Lafcadio Hearn, [1897], p. 84 IV DUST "Let the Bodhisattva look upon all things as having the nature of space,--as permanently equal to space; without essence, without substantiality."--SADDHARIMA-PUNDARKA. I HAVE wandered to the verge of the town; and the street...
V. About Faces In Japanese Art : * "Gleaings in Buddha-Fields", by Lafcadio Hearn, [1897], p. 97 V ABOUT FACES IN JAPANESE ART I A VERY interesting essay upon the Japanese art collections in the National Library was read by Mr. Edward Strange at a meeting of the Japan Society held last year in London. Mr. Strange proved his...
Vi. Ningyo No Haka : * "Gleaings in Buddha-Fields", by Lafcadio Hearn, [1897], p. 124 VI NINGY-NO-HAKA MANYEMON had coaxed the child indoors, and made her eat. She appeared to be about eleven years old, intelligent, and pathetically docile. Her name was In, which means "springing rice;" and her frail slimness made...
Viii. Buddhist Allusions In Japanese Folk Song : * "Gleaings in Buddha-Fields", by Lafcadio Hearn, [1897], p. 185 VIII BUDDHIST ALLUSIONS IN JAPANESE FOLK-SONG PERHAPS only a Japanese representative of the older culture could fully inform us to what degree the mental soil of the race has been saturated and fertilized by Buddhist idealism. At all...
