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Shingon : Japanese esoteric Buddhism / Taiko Yamasaki ; translated and adapted by Richard and Cynthia Peterson ; edited by Yasuyoshi Morimoto and David Kidd.

By:

Yamasaki, Taiko

Material type: Text

TextFresno, CA : Shingon Buddhist International Institute, 1996Description: xviii, 246 pages : illustrated ; 27 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Subject(s):

Shingon (Sect) -- Doctrines

DDC classification:

294.3/92 21

Summary: Shingon: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism is the first comprehensive study of the subject to appear in any Western language. This book traces the history of the school from its mysterious origins in India and describes the remarkable men who brought the teachings to China and Japan in the eighth and ninth centuries, who translated the texts, and who carried the initiatic chain of teaching It discusses the Metaphysical doctrines of Shingon, its founding scriptures, and its views on levels of consciousness and stages of samadhi. And it covers the whole range of Shingon meditations and exercises---such as mudras, incantations, and visualizations of deities and symbolic forms-- hitherto virtually unknown in the west.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	Lindholme Hall Library General stacks	Vajrayana	561 YAM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		2406220

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Shingon: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism is the first comprehensive study of the subject to appear in any Western language. This book traces the history of the school from its mysterious origins in India and describes the remarkable men who brought the teachings to China and Japan in the eighth and ninth centuries, who translated the texts, and who carried the initiatic chain of teaching It discusses the Metaphysical doctrines of Shingon, its founding scriptures, and its views on levels of consciousness and stages of samadhi. And it covers the whole range of Shingon meditations and exercises---such as mudras, incantations, and visualizations of deities and symbolic forms-- hitherto virtually unknown in the west.