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Episode 457 - The Purple Robe Incident

Oct 14, 2022
38:27
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
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2
The Relationship Between Buddhism and the State
02:24 • 6min
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3
Tokugawa Ieyasu's Reformation of Japan's Buddhist Establishment
08:03 • 3min
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4
The Regulations of the Japanese Sto Sect of Zen Buddhism
10:43 • 3min
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5
The Sto Sect's Rules on Promotions
13:16 • 5min
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6
Ieyasu Wanted Control Over the Distribution of Purple Robes
18:38 • 5min
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7
Takuan's Critique of the Tokugawa Edicts
23:11 • 3min
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8
Hita Tada's Assassination of Tokugawa Masako
26:19 • 5min
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9
Tokugawa Hidatata's Purple Riding
31:33 • 5min
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10
Facing Backward Podcast
36:37 • 1min
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This week: political infighting about purple robes and what it can tell us about Buddhism, political power, and the relationship of religion and the state. Plus, a brief biography of Takuan, a man who is famous for far more than the pickled radishes named after him!

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