Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

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Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia ...

Handbook of Oriental Studies Handbuch der Orientalistik SECTION FOUR China Edited by Stephen F. Teiser Martin Kern Timothy Brook ...

Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia Edited by Charles D. Orzech (General Editor) Henrik H. SØrensen (Associate Editor ...

This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Esoteric Buddhism and the tantras in ...

CONTENTS Acknowledgements ............................................................................ xiii List of illustration ...

vi contents ESOTERIC BUDDHISM IN CHINA Developments during the 3rd–7th Centuries: New Scriptures and New Practices On Esoteric ...

contents vii Esoteric Buddhism during the Tang Esoteric Buddhism in the Tang: From Atikūta to ̣ Amoghavajra (651–780) ......... ...

viii contents Esoteric Buddhism in Sichuan During the Tang and Five Dynasties Period .......................................... ...

contents ix Esoteric Buddhist Elements in Daoist Ritual Manuals of the Song, Yuan, and Ming ................................... ...

x contents Esoteric Buddhism, Material Culture, and Catalogues in East Asia ................................................... ...

contents xi Landmarks of Esoteric Art in Japan ..................................... 904 Karen J. Mack Zen and Esoteric Buddhis ...

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It is an understatement to say that a project of this scope is based directly or indirectly on the efforts of m ...

xiv acknowledgements The editorial team thanks Neil Schmid who rescued us with many hours of help finalizing the bibliography. M ...

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The numbers below (i.e. Orzech 6; 7. Sørensen) refer to the number of the article. Color plate 1 (Orzech 6 ...

xvi list of illustrations Color plate 14 (Bogel 79). Illustration from the Ryakuōgonen ninnōkyōbō zakki (1342 Rite of the Benevo ...

list of illustrations xvii Figure 17. Sudṛṣti/Miaojian. Line-drawing based on Japanese Heian image. .......................... ...

xviii list of illustrations Sørensen—EB Art Nanzhao Dali: Figure 1. Acuoye Avalokiteśvara. Gilt bronze, eleventh century. Dali, ...

list of illustrations xix Winfield—Mandala: Figure 1. Womb World gong -shaped layout. ......................... 722 Figure 2. W ...