Gleanings in Buddha Fields Studies of Hand And Soul in the Far East
The book Gleanings in Buddha Fields Studies of Hand And Soul in the Far East was written by author Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904 Here you can read free online of Gleanings in Buddha Fields Studies of Hand And Soul in the Far East book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Gleanings in Buddha Fields Studies of Hand And Soul in the Far East a good or bad book?
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2 1 Ekosurutote Hotoke* no mae* ye* Fatari mukaite, Konabe* date. Lit. : " Repeat prayers saying, dead-of-presence-in twain facing, — small-pan cooking ! " Hotoke* means a dead person as well as a Buddha. (See my Glimpses of Unfa- miliar Japan: "The Household Shrine"). KonaU-daU is an idiomatic expression signifying a lovers' tdte-a-ttte. It is derived from the phrase, Chin-chin kamo nabi ("cooking a wild duck in a pan"), — the idea suggested being that of the pleasure experienced by an amorous... couple in eating out of the same dish. Chin-chin, an onomatope, expresses the sound of the gravy boiling. 2 To perform the rite called " o-hyaku-do " means to make one hundred visits to a temple, saying a prayer each time. The expression " dark way of Love " (koi no yami or yamiji) is a Buddhist phrase ; love, being due to mayoi, or Digitized by VjOOQlC IN JAPANESE FOLK-SONG 203 The interest attaching to the following typi- cal group of love-songs will be found to de- pend chiefly upon the Buddhist allusions : — In the bed of the River of Souls, or in waiting alone at evening.
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