Shingon Refractions
Myoe and the Mantra of Light
1st Edition
Published on 13. May 2014
352 pages
978-0-86171-763-7 (ISBN)
Description
Shingon Buddhism arose in the eighth century and remains one of Japan's most important sects, at present numbering some 12 million adherents. As such it is long overdue appropriate coverage. Here, the well-respected Mark Unno illuminates the tantric practice of the Mantra of Light, the most central of Shingon practices, complete with translations and an in-depth exploration of the scholar-monk Myoe Koben, the Mantra of Light's foremost proponent.
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Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Notes on Romanization and Translation
- Introduction
- Part I: Intellectual and Cultural History: Refractions of Light
- 1. The Mantra of Light, A Textual History
- 2. Knowledge of Enlightenment and Religious Authority
- 3. Emptiness and Illusion in the Mantra of Light
- 4. Purity and Defilement in the Mantra of Light
- 5. Gendered Power of Light: Passion and Compassion
- 6. Concluding Beginnings
- Part II: Translations: Illuminating Texts
- 1. Arubekiyowa (As Appropriate)
- 2. Commentary on the Significance of the Syllables of the Mantra of Light of the Baptism of the Buddha Vairocana of the Unfailing Rope Snare
- 3. Lectures on the Commentary on the Significance of the Syllables of the Mantra of Light
- 4. Recommending Faith in the Sand of the Mantra of Light
- 5. Recommending Faith in the Sand of the Mantra of Light-Supplement
- 6. Chronicle of Things Not To Be Forgotten
- Appendixes
- 1. Translated Texts: Editions and Dating
- 2. Works on the Mantra of Light by Myoe
- 3. Other Translations of Works by Myoe into Western Languages
- 4. Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
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