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Spells, Images, and Mandalas: Tracing the Evolution of Esoteric Buddhist Rituals (The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies)

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 | #1720026 in Books |  imusti |  2014-08-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x1.30 x6.00l,.0 | File type: PDF | 352 pages

 | Columbia University Press

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Koichi Shinohara traces the evolution of Esoteric Buddhist rituals from the simple recitation of spells in the fifth century to complex systems involving image worship, mandala initiation, and visualization practices in the ninth century. He presents an important new reading of a seventh-century Chinese text called the Collected Dharani Sutras, which shows how earlier rituals for specific deities were synthesized into a general Esoteric initiation ceremony and how...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Spells, Images, and Mandalas: Tracing the Evolution of Esoteric Buddhist Rituals (The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies)   |  Koichi Shinohara. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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