Mediating the power of Buddhas : ritual in the Maǹjuʹsrimūlakalpa /

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"Mediating the Power of Buddhas offers a fascinating anaylsis of the seventh-century ritual manual, the Manjusrimulakalpa. This medieval text is intended to reveal the path into a ritual universe where the power of a buddha abides. Author Glenn Wallis traces the strategies of the Manjusrimulaka...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wallis, Glenn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2002.
Colección:SUNY series in Buddhist studies.
Temas:
Tripiṭaka. > Sūtrapiṭaka. > Tantra. > Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Tripiṭaka. > Sūtrapiṭaka. > Tantra. > Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa
RELIGION > Buddhism > General.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Introduction
  • 1.1. Aims
  • 1.2. Methods
  • 1.3. Text: Manjusrimulakalpa
  • 1.4. Ritual
  • Ch. 2 Source of Power: The Assembly (sannipata)
  • 2.1. Cosmology
  • 2.2. Mmk 1: vision and cult
  • 2.3. text as cult image
  • 2.4. Revelation and transmission
  • Ch. 3 Refraction of Power: The Cult Image (pata)
  • 3.1. pata as image and animated object
  • 3.2. Creation of the cult object (patavidhana)
  • Ch. 4 Empowered Practitioner (sadhaka)
  • 4.1. practitioner in the text
  • 4.2. sadhaka
  • 4. Epithets and space
  • Ch. 5 Summary and Conclusion.

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