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.

Kokoro

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

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.

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