Articles on Death in Buddhism
Welcome to my website. I have posted here several of my published articles for the convenience of students, colleagues, and other interested readers without access to academic libraries. All this material is under copyright, and full publication information may be found on either the first or last page of each article. Please provide proper references when quoting or citing. Thank you!
- "Shinran's Rejection of Deathbed Rites" (2012)
- “Do kami Ever Overlook Pollution? Honji suijaku and the Problem of Death Defilement” (2009)
- "With the Help of Good Friends: Deathbed Ritual Practices in Early Medieval Japan" (2008)
- "The Dying Breath: Deathbed Rites and Death Pollution in Early Medieval Japan" (2007)
- "The Secret Art of Dying: Esoteric Deathbed Practices in Heian Japan" (2007)
- "'Just Open Your Mouth and Say A': A-Syllable Practice for the Time of Death in Early Medieval Japan" (2006)
- "Death," in Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism (2005)
- "By the Power of One's Last Nenbutsu: Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan" (2004)
- "The Moment of Death in Nichiren's Thought" (2003)
- "Bukkyō no shōjikan: Yotsu no tēma o megutte" (2003)
- "Nihon chūsei no rinjū gyōgi: Toku ni Genshin ikō" (2003)
- "Deathbed Practices in Medieval Japan: Developments after Ōjō yōshū" (2001)
