Satomi myodo autobiography of a face

The Spiritual Autobiography of Satomi Myōdō

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part One: The Spiritual Autobiography of Satomi Myodo

1 Moral Education

2 Sincerity

3 My Strange Mental Condition

4 I Lose My Baby

5 Complete Nervous Breakdown

6 Kageki Actress

7 I Find a Teacher

8 Leaving Ryo-chan

9 A Fool's Freedom

10 Shinto Shamaness

11 Possessed by Spirits

12 Return to My Village

13 A Heart Full of Longing

14 Knocking at the Gates of Zen

15 Sick of Chasing Satori

16 "I Can't Die Before Making You Buddhas!"

17 Dharma Friend

18 Two Cracks in the Rice Paper

19 Knocking Over Flagpoles

20 Joy

Epilogue

Notes for Part One

Part Two: Commentary by Sallie B.

King

The World of Satomi-san

Religion in the Prewar Era

Kami, Buddha, Bodhisattva

Makoto and Kokoro

Purification

Women in Japanese Religion

Encounters with Spirits

Myster