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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: Material type: TextTextFresno, CA : Shingon Buddhist International Institute, 1996Description: xviii, 246 pages : illustrated ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): 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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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.