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Author: Jinhua Chen Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1003853579 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 241
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This book explores trans-cultural and cross-border transformation of Esoteric Buddhism in East Asia, focusing on the significance of Esoteric Buddhism in relation to some forms of material culture, including rituals, arts, and the construction of sacred space and narratives. In East Asia, Esoteric Buddhism’s influences can be seen across all levels of society: not only in that it achieved a recognizable sectarian identity, but also because elements of esoteric teachings were absorbed by other religious schools, influencing their philosophical tenets and everyday practices. The influence was not confined to the religious sphere: scholars have been paying more and more attention to the significance of Tang Esoteric Buddhism in relation to material culture and the dissemination of Esoteric Buddhist technologies in South, Central, and East Asia. No matter how one looks at a maṇḍala—an integral feature of esoteric practice—or the uncannily expressive statues of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas or Yidam that come in all shapes and sizes, or the murals that depict the variegated, mysterious themes of the esoteric tradition, one can always recognise the profound connection between art and Esoteric Buddhism. Esoteric Influences also abound in East Asian literature across different genres, displaying its unique characters both in poetry and prose. Likewise, in architecture, one can readily make out the enigmatic, colorful and distinctive elements characteristic of the esoteric tradition. Monks initiated into the esoteric lineages not only brought Buddhist classics and practices to China, but also advanced knowledge in astronomy, calendarial calculations and mathematical theories. The chapters in this volume investigate the profound and far-reaching impacts wrought by Esoteric Buddhism on rituals, arts, and the construction of sacred space and narratives in East Asia. This book will be beneficial to advanced students and researchers interested in Religious Studies, History and Buddhist studies. It was originally published as a special issue of Studies in Chinese Religions.
Author: Jinhua Chen Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1003853579 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 241
Book Description
This book explores trans-cultural and cross-border transformation of Esoteric Buddhism in East Asia, focusing on the significance of Esoteric Buddhism in relation to some forms of material culture, including rituals, arts, and the construction of sacred space and narratives. In East Asia, Esoteric Buddhism’s influences can be seen across all levels of society: not only in that it achieved a recognizable sectarian identity, but also because elements of esoteric teachings were absorbed by other religious schools, influencing their philosophical tenets and everyday practices. The influence was not confined to the religious sphere: scholars have been paying more and more attention to the significance of Tang Esoteric Buddhism in relation to material culture and the dissemination of Esoteric Buddhist technologies in South, Central, and East Asia. No matter how one looks at a maṇḍala—an integral feature of esoteric practice—or the uncannily expressive statues of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas or Yidam that come in all shapes and sizes, or the murals that depict the variegated, mysterious themes of the esoteric tradition, one can always recognise the profound connection between art and Esoteric Buddhism. Esoteric Influences also abound in East Asian literature across different genres, displaying its unique characters both in poetry and prose. Likewise, in architecture, one can readily make out the enigmatic, colorful and distinctive elements characteristic of the esoteric tradition. Monks initiated into the esoteric lineages not only brought Buddhist classics and practices to China, but also advanced knowledge in astronomy, calendarial calculations and mathematical theories. The chapters in this volume investigate the profound and far-reaching impacts wrought by Esoteric Buddhism on rituals, arts, and the construction of sacred space and narratives in East Asia. This book will be beneficial to advanced students and researchers interested in Religious Studies, History and Buddhist studies. It was originally published as a special issue of Studies in Chinese Religions.
Author: Pamela D. Winfield Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 019933370X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages :
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Winner of the Association of Asian Studies's Southeast Conference Book Prize (2014) Does imagery help or hinder the enlightenment experience? Does awakening involve the imagination or not? Can art ever fully represent the realization of buddahood? In this study, Pamela D. Winfield offers a fascinating comparison of two pre-modern Japanese Buddhist masters and their views on the role of imagery in the enlightenment experience. Kukai (774-835) believed that real and imagined forms were indispensable to his new esoteric Mikky? method for "becoming a Buddha in this very body" (sokushin jobutsu), yet he also deconstructed the significance of such imagery in his poetic and doctrinal works. Conversely, Dogen (1200-1253) believed that "just sitting" in Zen meditation without any visual props or mental elaborations could lead one to realize that ''this very mind is Buddha'' (sokushin zebutsu), but he also privileged select Zen icons as worthy of veneration. In considering the nuanced views of both Kukai and Dogen anew, Winfield updates previous comparisons of their oeuvres and engages their texts and images together for the first time. In so doing, she liberates them from past sectarian scholarship that has pigeon-holed them into iconographic/ritual vs. philological/philosophical categories. She also restores the historical symbiosis between religious thought and artistic expression that was lost in the nineteenth-century disciplinary distinction between religious studies and art history. Finally, Winfield breaks new methodological ground by proposing space and time as organizing principles for analyzing both meditative experience and visual/material culture. As a result, this study presents a wider and deeper vision of how Japanese Buddhists themselves understood the role of imagery before, during, and after awakening.
Author: Bleeker Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004378014 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 319
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Preliminary Material /C. J. Bleeker -- L'initiation et le monde moderne /M. Eliade -- Some Introductory Remarks on the Significance of Initiation /C. J. Bleeker -- Terminologie bambara concernant l'initiation /D. Zahan -- Die Sprache von Zuyua als Initiationsmittel /Günter Lanczkowski -- The Significance of Time in some Ancient Initiatory Rituals /S. G. F. Brandon -- Initiation in Ancient Egypt /C. J. Bleeker -- Voraussetzungen der Einweihung in Eleusis /K. Kerényi -- "Le Secret Central de l'initiation aux mysteres d'Eleusis” /Maurice Mehauden -- Initiation in later Hinduism according to Tantric Texts /D. J. Hoens -- Dīkṣā /A. Basu -- Informal Initiation Among Hindus and Moslems /Henry H. Presler -- Initiation in the Shugendo: the Passage through the Ten States of Existence /Carmen Blacker -- L'initiation mazdéenne /J. Duchesne-Guillemin -- Pour une Etude de l'initiation dans l'ancien Israel /André Caquot -- Qumran und die Zwölf /David Flusser -- Initiation et mystère dans Joseph et Aséneth /Marc Philonenko -- Initiation, Mystères, gnose /U. Bianchi -- New Testament Baptism. An External or Internal Rite? /R. A. Barclay -- John the Baptist in Christianized Gnosticism /Leander E. Keck -- Conditions of Membership of the Islamic Community /W. Montgomery Watt -- The Initiation Ceremony of the Bektashis /Helmer Ringgren -- La signification psychologique de l'ésotérisme /Edmond Rochedieu -- Initiation and the Paradox of Power: a Sociological Approach /E. M. Mendelson -- Initiation et histoire /A. Brelich -- Religion als Einweihung /Anton Antweiler -- Einweihung und spirituelle Nachfolge /Matthias Vereno -- Das Fasten als Initiationsritus /Peter Gerlitz -- Some Reflections on the Rites of Initiation /Geo Widengren.
Author: Anna Pomaska Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486779750 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 68
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There are plenty of mandalas to go around! This coloring book offers 30 beguiling circular designs, each of which appears side by side with an exact duplicate. Perforated pages.
Author: Susan I. Buchalter Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 184905889X Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 291
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This book outlines practical exercises for using mandala creation with a variety of client groups, to elicit discussion about issues such as depression, anxiety, relationships and goals. Mandala design is presented in a variety of ways, allowing the therapist the flexibility to gear sessions towards clients' specific needs and capabilities.
Author: Kimiaki Tanaka Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1614292922 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 681
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Everyone’s heard of mandalas; now we have a uniquely rich history and explanation of their history and meaning. This book is a history of the genesis and development of the mandala from the fifth and sixth centuries, when the mandala first appeared in India, to the eleventh century, when the Kalacakratantra appeared just before the disappearance of Buddhism in India. The 600 years of Indian esoteric Buddhism that concluded the 1,700-year history of Indian Buddhism could be said to have been the history of the development of the mandala. (The Kalacakratantra integrated earlier mandala theories into a single system and established a monumental system unprecedented in the history of esoteric Buddhism. It was thus the culmination of the development of Indian Buddhism over a period of 1,700 years.) The analysis is at the micro level and includes numerous illustrations and charts. Particular attention is paid to proper names, mudras, and mantras that have been overlooked by scholars in philosophy and doctrine, and the author tackles issues that cannot be explained solely from a historical viewpoint, such as geometric patterns, the arrangement of deities, the colors, and their meaning in Buddhist doctrine.
Author: Louise Gale Publisher: ISBN: 9781527222328 Category : Languages : en Pages : 176
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Reconnect to Mother Earth and recharge your creativity by combining the healing energy of nature with the meditative process of drawing and painting mandalas. Explore Botanical Mandalas and watch your artistic expression flourish! Full of inspiration for reconnecting with natures beauty to inspire you to create expressive mandala artworks. Includes drawing, painting and mixed-media projects to find endless inspiration for your own botanical mandala journey.
Author: John Cort Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0195385020 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 417
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John Cort explores the narratives by which the Jains have explained the presence of icons of Jinas (their enlightened and liberated teachers) that are worshiped and venerated in the hundreds of thousands of Jain temples throughout India. Most of these narratives portray icons favorably, and so justify their existence; but there are also narratives originating among iconoclastic Jain communities that see the existence of temple icons as a sign of decay and corruption. The veneration of Jina icons is one of the most widespread of all Jain ritual practices. Nearly every Jain community in India has one or more elaborate temples, and as the Jains become a global community there are now dozens of temples in North America, Europe, Africa, and East Asia. The cult of temples and icons goes back at least two thousand years, and indeed the largest of the four main subdivisions of the Jains are called Murtipujakas, or "Icon Worshipers." A careful reading of narratives ranging over the past 15 centuries, says Cort, reveals a level of anxiety and defensiveness concerning icons, although overt criticism of the icons only became explicit in the last 500 years. He provides detailed studies of the most important pro- and anti-icon narratives. Some are in the form of histories of the origins and spread of icons. Others take the form of cosmological descriptions, depicting a vast universe filled with eternal Jain icons. Finally, Cort looks at more psychological explanations of the presence of icons, in which icons are defended as necessary spiritual corollaries to the very fact of human embodiedness.
Author: Peter H. Gleick Publisher: Island Press ISBN: 1597265055 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 422
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Author: Jinhua Chen
Author: Jinhua Chen
Author: Pamela D. Winfield
Author: Bleeker
Author: Adrian Snodgrass
Author: Anna Pomaska
Author: Susan I. Buchalter
Author: Kimiaki Tanaka
Author: Louise Gale
Author: John Cort
Author: Peter H. Gleick