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Spells, Images, and Mandalas: Tracing the Evolution of Esoteric Buddhist Rituals (Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhism)
Spells Images and Mandalas Tracing the Evolution of Esoteric Buddhist Rituals - Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhism
Author: Koichi Shinohara
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, ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780231166140
ISBN-10: 0231166141
Publication Date: 8/12/2014
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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