Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum ShinrikyōUniversity of Hawaii Press, 2000 - 304 pages This study looks at Aum's claims about itself and asks why a religious movement ostensibly focused on yoga, meditation, asceticism, and pursuit of enlightenment became involved in violent activities. Reader places the sect in the context of contemporary Japanese religious patterns. |
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A Death in the Culture of Coercive Asceticism Killing | 8 |
Compassionate Cruelty and the Cosmic Struggle The Life | 32 |
Creation Preservation and Destruction The Development | 61 |
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A-san apocalyptic appeared Asahara Shōkō Asahara VK Asahara's teachings ascetic ascetic practices asceticism attain Aum affair Aum members Aum Shinrikyō Aum's austerities became behaviour belief Buddhist centre Chapter charismatic chemical weapons claimed committed commune conspiracy crimes death destruction developed devotion disciples discussed doctrines Egawa elite emphasised evil example faith focus followers further guru Hayashi holy name Ibid images initiations Inoue interviews Ishii Hisako Japan Japanese new religions joined Aum Kamikuishiki Kaplan and Marshall karma karmic killing Kōfuku no Kagaku Kōhō liberation Mahāyāna mass Matsumoto meditation members of Aum ment mission Murai Hideo murder Namino Ochi organisation Oumu Shuppan path persecution police practitioners prophecies psychic powers Rajneesh realms religious leader religious movements renounced the world sacred Sakamoto salvation sarin sense shaktipat Shimazono Shiva shukkesha Sōka Gakkai Solar Temple subway attack Takahashi themes Tibetan Buddhism Tokyo truth Vajrayāna Vajrayāna sermons various violence visions yoga