Icons and Iconoclasm in Japanese Buddhism

Icons and Iconoclasm in Japanese Buddhism
Author: Pamela Winfield
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2013-03-07
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0199945551

Pamela D. Winfield offers a fascinating juxtaposition and comparison of the thoughts of two pre-modern Japanese Buddhist masters, Kukai (774-835) and Dogen (1200-1253) on the role of imagery in the enlightenment experience.

Kukai

Kukai
Author: Kūkai
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1972
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780231059336

Kukai, more commonly known by the honorific Kobo Daishi, was one of the great characters in the development of Janpanese culture. He was active in literature, engineering, calligraphy, and architecture and is represented in this work in terms of his major effort--the introduction of esoteric Buddhism from China, which resulted in the formation of the Shingou sect still active in Japan. Eight of his works are presented here.

Visible Mantra: Visualising & Writing Buddhist Mantras

Visible Mantra: Visualising & Writing Buddhist Mantras
Author: Jayarava
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2011-01-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0956692915

The long awaited print version of the popular Buddhist mantra website: visiblemantra.org. This is a celebration of the visual forms of mantra and other varieties of sacred speech, drawing on Buddhist traditions from India, China, Japan, and Tibet. The book includes all the mantras from the website, plus a few more. Each is presented in four scripts: Siddhaṃ (Bonji 梵字), Lantsa (aka Rañjana), Devanāgarī, and Tibetan (dbu can). Plus seed-syllables, dhāraṇī and Pāli chants. All accompanied by Jayarava's meticulously researched notes and comments, and background reading drawn from Jayarava's blog. An invaluable resource for Buddhist artists, calligraphers and practitioners.

The Weaving of Mantra

The Weaving of Mantra
Author: Ryûichi Abé
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 620
Release: 1999-06-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780231528870

The great Buddhist priest Kûkai (774-835) is credited with the introduction and establishment of tantric -or esoteric -Buddhism in early ninth-century Japan. In Ryûichi Abé examines this important religious figure -neglected in modern academic literatu

2500 Years of Buddhism

2500 Years of Buddhism
Author: P.V. Bapat
Publisher: Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Total Pages: 416
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 8123023049

About the life of Buddha

Kokoro

Kokoro
Author: Morgan Gibson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1980
Genre:
ISBN: