EIGHT MILLION WAYS TO HAPPINESS
YODA, HIROKO
| Editorial: | PENGUIN BOOKS |
| Año: | 2025 |
| ISBN: | 9798217181445 |
| Páginas: | 368 |
| Formato: | 14 x 21 cm |
| Idioma: | INGLES |
S/. 79,00
Sinopsis
What can Japan’s spiritual traditions teach us about finding balance in a world that often feels beyond our control? In Eight Million Ways to Happiness, cultural historian Hiroko Yoda draws on a decade of exploring the spiritual heart of her homeland to examine how ancient practices continue to shape modern Japanese life. Her journey takes her from training as a Shinto shrine dancer and participating in Buddhist funeral rituals to climbing sacred mountains with Shugendo ascetics and meeting one of Japan’s last living itako, traditional mystics. Through these encounters, along with personal stories and historical reflections, Yoda explores a flexible approach to spirituality that can coexist with modern secular life. The book reveals how ideas rooted in nature, ritual, community, and acceptance can offer new ways of navigating uncertainty and reconnecting with a larger world. Blending memoir, cultural history, and practical insight, Eight Million Ways to Happiness offers a distinctive perspective on the search for joy and resilience.
