A study into the thought of Kōgyō Daishi Kakuban : with a translation of his Gorin kuji myō himitsushaku
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A study into the thought of Kōgyō Daishi Kakuban : with a translation of his Gorin kuji myō himitsushaku
（Japonica Neerlandica : monographs of the Netherlands Association for Japanese Studies, v. 7）
Hotei Pub., c2000
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Kōgyō Daishi Kakuban
五輪九字明秘密釋
Gorin kuji myō himitsushaku
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Bibliography: p. 263-280
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Kakuban (1095-1144) is the second most important figure in the history of the Shingon sect of Esoteric Buddhism, but there are few studies about him in Western languages. This work contains a biography and a discussion of Kakuban's works, focusing on his doctrines. Although it is widely believed that Kakuban incorporated Amidist ideas and practices into Shingon, this study shows that Kakuban's aim was to explain the practices of other schools from an orthodox Shingon point of view. The translations of Kakuban's major works, the Amida hishaku and the Gorin kuji myo himitsushaku, clearly support this idea.
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