Kirigami (Soto Zen) Explained

The kirigami were esoteric documents of the Sōtō school in medieval Japan which

For instance,

Some kirigami

Kirigami were also

Bernard Faure writes that the kirigami were

Steven Heine writes that,

Sources

• Book: Faure, Bernard. The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender. Princeton University Press. 2003. 978-0-691-09171-6.
• Book: Faure, Bernard. Visions of Power: Imagining Medieval Japanese Buddhism. Princeton University Press. 2000. 978-0-691-02941-2.
• Book: Faure, Bernard. Chan Buddhism in Ritual Context. Routledge. 2003. 978-0-415-29748-6. 51088107.
• Book: Heine, Steven. Steven Heine. Did Dogen Go to China?: What He Wrote and When He Wrote It. Oxford University Press. 2006. 978-0-19-530570-8. 61253946.
• Book: Heine, Steven. Shifting Shape, Shaping Text: Philosophy and Folklore in the Fox Kōan. University of Hawaii Press. 1999. 978-0-8248-2197-5.
• Book: Hubbard, Jamie. Swanson, Paul Loren . Pruning the Bodhi Tree: The Storm Over Critical Buddhism. University of Hawaii Press. 1997. 978-0-8248-1949-1.