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The Mandala In Nichiren Buddhism Part One Introduction Mandalas Of The Bun Ei And Kenji Periods Paperback Edition
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Author : The Nichiren Mandala Study Workshop
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
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The Mandala In Nichiren Buddhism Part One Introduction Mandalas Of The Bun Ei And Kenji Periods Paperback Edition written by The Nichiren Mandala Study Workshop and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
The Matrix And Diamond World Mandalas In Shingon Buddhism
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Author : Adrian Snodgrass
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
The Matrix And Diamond World Mandalas In Shingon Buddhism written by Adrian Snodgrass and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Art categories.
Present book surveys and re-interprets the vast work of traditional and modern Japanese scholarship on the Twin mandalas.
Tibetan Mandalas
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Author : Tatjana Blau
language : en
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Release Date : 2008
Tibetan Mandalas written by Tatjana Blau and has been published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Buddhist art and symbolism categories.
Every one of these Tibetan mandalas is rich in spiritual meaning, and the accompanying quotations and sayings will deepen your knowledge of this very special culture. Contemplate the Wheel of Becoming, a symbol of rebirth usually found in monasteries, or a transcendent Adibuddha Vajrasattva, a representation of penetrating absoluteness and the embodiment of the limitless. Other mandalas include the Eight Symbols of Happiness, the four-armed Manjushri (for wisdom), Sacrificial Offerings, and the national flag of Tibet. Each consists of a periphery and a center, which stand for the beginning and end of all being, and as meditators color them in, they will foster a deeper understanding of the universe and the inner landscape of the human soul.
Mountain Mandalas
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Author : Allan G. Grapard
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-02-25
Mountain Mandalas written by Allan G. Grapard and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-25 with Religion categories.
In Mountain Mandalas Allan G. Grapard provides a thought-provoking history of one aspect of the Japanese Shugendo tradition in Kyushu, by focusing on three cultic systems: Mount Hiko, Usa-Hachiman, and the Kunisaki Peninsula. Grapard draws from a rich range of theorists from the disciplines of geography, history, anthropology, sociology, and humanistic geography and situates the historical terrain of his research within a much larger context. This book includes detailed analyses of the geography of sacred sites, translations from many original texts, and discussions on rituals and social practices. Grapard studies Mount Hiko and the Kunisaki Peninsula, which was very influential in Japanese cultural and religious history throughout the ages. We are introduced to important information on archaic social structures and their religious traditions; the development of the cult to the deity Hachiman; a history of the interactions between Buddhism and local cults in Japan; a history of the Shugendo tradition of mountain religious ascetics, and much more. Mountain Mandalas sheds light on important aspects of Japan's religion and culture, and will be of interest to all scholars of Shinto and Japanese religion. Extensive translations of source material can be found on the book's webpage.
Spells Images And Mandalas
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Author : Koichi Shinohara
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2014-08-05
Spells Images And Mandalas written by Koichi Shinohara and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-05 with Religion categories.
Koichi Shinohara traces the evolution of Esoteric Buddhist rituals from the simple recitation of spells in the fifth century to complex systems involving image worship, mandala initiation, and visualization practices in the ninth century. He presents an important new reading of a seventh-century Chinese text called the Collected Dharani Sutras, which shows how earlier rituals for specific deities were synthesized into a general Esoteric initiation ceremony and how, for the first time, the notion of an Esoteric Buddhist pantheon emerged. In the Collected Dharani Sutras, rituals for specific deities were typically performed around images of the deities, yet Esoteric Buddhist rituals in earlier sources involved the recitation of spells rather than the use of images. The first part of this study explores how such simpler rituals came to be associated with the images of specific deities and ultimately gave rise to the general Esoteric initiation ceremony described in the crucial example of the All-Gathering mandala ritual in the Collected Dharani Sutras. The visualization practices so important to later Esoteric Buddhist rituals were absent from this ceremony, and their introduction would fundamentally change Esoteric Buddhist practice. This study examines the translations of dharani sutras made by Bodhiruci in the early eighth century and later Esoteric texts, such as Yixing's commentary on the Mahavairocana sutra and Amoghavajra's ritual manuals, to show how incorporation of visualization greatly enriched Esoteric rituals and helped develop elaborate iconographies for the deities. Over time, the ritual function of images became less certain, and the emphasis shifted toward visualization. This study clarifies the complex relationship between images and ritual, changing how we perceive Esoteric Buddhist art as well as ritual.
Ma Alas In The Making
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Author : Michelle C. Wang
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2017-12-18
Ma Alas In The Making written by Michelle C. Wang and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-18 with Art categories.
This book examines the Maṇḍala of Eight Great Bodhisattvas during the Tibetan (786–848) and post-Tibetan Guiyijun (848–1036) periods at Dunhuang, focusing on the intersections between political authority, religious praxis, and visual language.
The Mandala
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Author : Martin Brauen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
The Mandala written by Martin Brauen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
The mandala is the foremost symbol and allegory in Tantric Buddhism for man's relationship with the cosmos. For the Tantric practitioner, mandalas serve as supports for meditation, for visualization, and, ultimately, for the attainment of Buddhahood. They can take a variety of forms, from simple geometric diagrams to more elaborate paintings on cloth, complicated patterns of coloured sand, and large three-dimensional carved structures.
Japanese Mandalas
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Author : Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1998-11-01
Japanese Mandalas written by Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-11-01 with Design categories.
The first broad study of Japanese mandalas to appear in a Western language, this volume interprets mandalas as sanctified realms where identification between the human and the sacred occurs. The author investigates eighth- to seventeenth-century paintings from three traditions: Esoteric Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism, and the kami-worshipping (Shinto) tradition. It is generally recognized that many of these mandalas are connected with texts and images from India and the Himalayas. A pioneering theme of this study is that, in addition to the South Asian connections, certain paradigmatic Japanese mandalas reflect pre-Buddhist Chinese concepts, including geographical concepts. In convincing and lucid prose, ten Grotenhuis chronicles an intermingling of visual, doctrinal, ritual, and literary elements in these mandalas that has come to be seen as characteristic of the Japanese religious tradition as a whole. This beautifully illustrated work begins in the first millennium B.C.E. in China with an introduction to the Book of Documents and ends in present-day Japan at the sacred site of Kumano. Ten Grotenhuis focuses on the Diamond and Womb World mandalas of Esoteric Buddhist tradition, on the Taima mandala and other related mandalas from the Pure Land Buddhist tradition, and on mandalas associated with the kami-worshipping sites of Kasuga and Kumano. She identifies specific sacred places in Japan with sacred places in India and with Buddhist cosmic diagrams. Through these identifications, the realm of the buddhas is identified with the realms of the kami and of human beings, and Japanese geographical areas are identified with Buddhist sacred geography. Explaining why certain fundamental Japanese mandalas look the way they do and how certain visual forms came to embody the sacred, ten Grotenhuis presents works that show a complex mixture of Indian Buddhist elements, pre-Buddhist Chinese elements, Chinese Buddhist elements, and indigenous Japanese elements.
Mandalas Their Nature And Development
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Author : Bodo Balsys
language : en
Publisher: Universal Dharma Publishing
Release Date : 2014-10-08
Mandalas Their Nature And Development written by Bodo Balsys and has been published by Universal Dharma Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-08 with Religion categories.
Maṇḍalas – Their Nature and Development This book deals with the question of what exactly constitutes a ‘cell’ metaphysically. The cell is viewed as a unit of consciousness that interrelate with other cells to form maṇḍalas of expression. Each such cell can be considered a form of ‘self’ that has a limited, though valid, body of expression. It is born, sustains a form of activity, and consequently dies when it outlives its usefulness. This mode of analysis is extended to include the myriad forms manifest in the world of phenomena known as saṃsāra including the existence and functioning of chakras. A Treatise on Mind Outline Volume 1 The “Self” or “Non-self” in Buddhism Volume 2 Considerations of Mind—A Buddhist Enquiry Volume 3 The Buddha-Womb and the Way to Liberation Volume 4 Maṇḍalas: Their Nature and Development Volume 5 An Esoteric Exposition of the Bardo Thödol Volume 6 Meditation and the Initiation Process Volume 7 The Constitution of Shambhala Whilst the numbers of Buddhists are growing in the world, the techniques and discourses of Buddhism have not changed to meet the radically different conditions of the contemporary world. Thus Buddhism needs a true restorative flowering to rival that of the renaissance of debate and innovative thinking of the early post-Nāgārjunian era. In order to achieve this it must synthesise the present wealth of scientific knowledge, alongside the best of the Western world’s philosophical output – this is the primary task of this seven volume treatise. The treatise investigates Buddhist ideas concerning what mind is and how it relates to a concept of a ‘self’. It is principally a study of the complex interrelationship between mind and phenomena, from the gross to the subtle—the physical, psychic, supersensory and supernal. This entails an explanation of how mind incorporates all phenomena in its modus operandi, and how eventually that mind is liberated from it, thereby becoming awakened. Thus the treatise explores the manner in which the corporeally orientated, concretised, intellectual mind eventually becomes transformed into the Clear Light of the abstracted Mind; a Buddha-Mind.
Word Embodied
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Author : Halle O'Neal
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-10-26
Word Embodied written by Halle O'Neal and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-26 with History categories.
"In this study of the Japanese jeweled pagoda mandalas, Halle O’Neal reveals the entangled realms of sacred body, beauty, and salvation. Much of the previous scholarship on these paintings concentrates on formal analysis and iconographic study of their narrative vignettes. This has marginalized the intriguing interplay of text and image at their heart, precluding a holistic understanding of the mandalas and diluting their full import in Buddhist visual culture. Word Embodied offers an alternative methodology, developing interdisciplinary insights into the social, religious, and artistic implications of this provocative entwining of word and image.O’Neal unpacks the paintings’ revolutionary use of text as picture to show how this visual conflation mirrors important conceptual indivisibilities in medieval Japan. The textual pagoda projects the complex constellation of relics, reliquaries, scripture, and body in religious doctrine, practice, and art. Word Embodied also expands our thinking about the demands of viewing, recasting the audience as active producers of meaning and offering a novel perspective on disciplinary discussions of word and image that often presuppose an ontological divide between them. This examination of the jeweled pagoda mandalas, therefore, recovers crucial dynamics underlying Japanese Buddhist art, including invisibility, performative viewing, and the spectacular visualizations of embodiment."