Esoteric Buddhism at Dunhuang

Esoteric Buddhism at Dunhuang
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Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 9789004190146
ISBN-13 : 9004190147
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Download or read book Esoteric Buddhism at Dunhuang written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-01-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esoteric Buddhism in late first millennium Tibet and China is nowhere in evidence so clearly as in materials from Dunhuang. In the original contributions presented here, Robert Mayer and Cathy Cantwell examine the consecrations of the wrathful divinity Vajrakīlaya, while Sam van Schaik considers approaches to the vows of tantric adepts. Philosophical interpretations of Mahāyoga inform Kammie Takahashi’s study of the ‘Questions of Vajrasattva’. The background for later Tibetan tantric mortuary rites are examined in chapters by Yoshiro Imaeda and Matthew Kapstein. In the closing chapter, Katherine Tsiang investigates early printing in relation to esoteric dhāraṇīs, and their role as amulets accompanying the deceased. The collection is an important advance in our understanding of the historical development of Buddhist tantra.


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