Portland State University PDXScholar World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations World Languages and Literatures 2013 Peaceful Warrior-Demons in Japan: from Empress Kōmyō’s Red Repentant Asura to Miyazawa Kenji’s Melancholic Blue Asura Jon P. Holt Portland State University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/wll_fac Part of the Japanese Studies Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Citation Details Holt, Jon. “Peaceful Warrior-Demons in Japan: from Empress Kōmyō’s Red Repentant Asura to Miyazawa Kenji’s Melancholic Blue Asura,” in Living in Peace: Insights from Buddhism, Honolulu: Blue Pine Books, 2013. This Article is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible:
[email protected]. Living in Peace: Insights from Buddhism Edited by Chanju Mun and Ronald S. Green Blue Pine Honolulu, Hawaii CONTENTS RECOMMENDATION iii JUNGWOO SEUNIM PREFACE v Chanju Mun NOTES viii INTRODUCTION 1 Ronald S. Green AUNG SAN SUU KYI: FREEDOM FIGHTER AND PROPHETESS FOR A FREE 13 DEMOCRACY IN BURMA Bruce Long LEE JUNGWOO, MODERN TONGDO-SA TEMPLES VINAYA (DISCIPLINE) 27 MASTERS, AND THEIR PEACEMAKING ECUMENISM Chanju Mun MASTER HOEDANG, PEACE AND THE FOUNDING OF THE JINGAK ORDER 59 OF KOREAN TANTRIC BUDDHISM Donghyeon Koo HARMONIZING THE VISIONS OF PEACE AMONG THE WORLDS 81 RELIGIONS James K. Powell, II DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF DHARMA: RE-THINKING BUDDHIST VIEWS 95 OF VIOLENCE IN LIGHT OF AৃGULIMƖLA John Thompson PEACEFUL WARRIOR-DEMONS IN JAPAN: FROM EMPRESS KƿMYƿS 111 RED REPENTANT ASURA TO MIYAZAWA KENJIS MELANCHOLIC BLUE ASURA Jon Holt THE GLOBAL AND CIVIL DIMENSIONS OF TZU CHI COMPASSION 143 SOCIETYS PEACE WORK IN AMERICA Jonathan H.