[Buddha-l] Query--forest tradition monks in Japan today?

[Bankei]

Don't forget there are a few Japanese Theravada monks these days. A few
years ago 2  Japanese monks trained in the 'forest' tradition of Thailand
went back to Japan to do a bit of a 'Tudong' wondering.

Bankei


On 09/11/06, Stephen Hodge <s.hodge at padmacholing.plus.com> wrote:
>
> jkirk wrote:
>
> > Being a fan of but not an expert on Japan, I write to ask if anyone can
> > tell
> > me if today there are still wandering forest monks in Japan, of any
> > Buddhist
> > tradition, not just Zen. My impression has been that the forest
> tradition
> > sort of died out there. But perhaps that's a misapprehension.
>
> What made you think that it existed there in the first place ? Wandering,
> yes, forest, no ?  Oh, and "forest" is also misleading as a translation
> for
> ara.nya, though popular these days.
>
> Best wishes,
> Stephen
>
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