Shinohara Spells, Images, and Mandalas

Tracing the Evolution of Esoteric Buddhist Rituals
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-231-53739-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies

No detailed description available for "Spells, Images, and Mandalas".

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shinohara, Koichi

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Buddhismus: Kult, Riten, Zeremonien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. The Three Ritual Scenarios
1. The Recitation of Spells in the Dharani Collections
2. The Image Ritual of the Eleven-Faced Avalokitesvara
3. The Mandala Initiation Ceremony
4. The Formation of the All-Gathering Ceremony
Part II. The Evolution of Dharani Sutras and the Introduction of Visualization Practice
5. Dharani Sutras and Their Evolution in Esoteric Sutras Translated by Bodhiruci
6. The Tradition of the Amoghapasa Sutras
Part III. Toward a New Synthesis: "Mature" Rituals of Visualization
7. Yixing's Commentary on the Mahavairocana Sutra: Creating the Great Mandala
8. Amoghavajra's Ritual Manuals
Conclusion
Appendix: The Day-by-Day Instructions for the All-Gathering Mandala Ceremony in the Collected Dharani Sutras
Notes
References
Index

Leseproben

Read the introduction to Spells, Images, and Mandalas:

Über Autor(innen)

Koichi Shinohara teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at Yale University. He is the coauthor of Speaking of Monks: Religious Biography in India and China and the coeditor of Images in Asian Religions: Texts and Contexts and Sins and Sinners: Perspectives from Asian Religions.