Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

Author(s)

• Orzech, Charles D.
• Sorensen, Henrik Hjort
• Payne, Richard Karl

Bibliographic Information

Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

edited by Charles D. Orzech (general editor), Henrik H. Sørensen (associate editor), Richard K. Payne (associate editor)

（Handbuch der Orientalistik = Handbook of Oriental studies, section 4 . China ; v. 24）

Brill, 2011

• : hardback

Note

Bibliography: p. [1063]-1146

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In all likelihood, it was the form of Buddhism labeled "Esoteric Buddhism" that had the greatest geographical spread of any form of Buddhism. It left its imprint not only on its native India, but far beyond, on Southeast Asia, Central Asia, including Tibet and Mongolia, as well as the East Asian countries China, Korea and Japan. Not only has Esoteric Buddhism contributed substantially to the development of Buddhism in many cultures, but it also facilitated the transmission of religious art and material culture, science and technology. This volume, the result of an international collaboration of forty scholars, provides a comprehensive resource on Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in their Chinese, Korean, and Japanese contexts from the first few centuries of the common era right up to the present. Edited by Charles D. Orzech (General Editor), Henrik H. Sorensen and Richard K. Payne. Contributors include: Barbara Ambrose, Anna Andreeva, Sarah Aptilon, Ian Astley, Clemente Beghi, Heather Blair, William Bodiford, Chen Jinhua, Paul Copp, Ronald M. Davidson, Lucia Dolce, Athanasios Drakakis, Donald Drummond, Ruth Dunnell, Jay Ford, David Gardiner, Rolf Giebel, Robert M. Gimello, David Gray, Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis, Nobumi Iyanaga, George Keyworth, Martin Lehnert, Hun Y. Lye, Shinya Mano, Richard M. McBride, Laura Meeks, Regan Murphy, Charles D. Orzech, Richard K. Payne, Klaus Pinte, Fabio Rambelli, Thierry Robouam, James Robson, Brian Ruppert, Neil Schmid, Gaynor Sekimori, Shen Weirong, Henrik H. Sorensen, Mark Unno, Pamela Winfield

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of illustrations GENERAL INTRODUCTION I.Buddhist Tantras, Esoteric Buddhism, Vajrayana Buddhism (art.1-2) II.Canonical and Non-canonical Sources and Materials (art. 3-4) III. Esoteric Buddhist Practices (art. 5-10) ESOTERIC BUDDHISM IN CHINA IV. Developments during the 3rd-7th Centuries:New Scriptures and New Practices (art. 11-17) V. Convergences: Esoteric Buddhism, Daoism, and Popular Religion (art. 18-22) VI.Esoteric Buddhism during the Tang (art. 23-28) VII: Key Figures in Esoteric Buddhism during the Tang (art. 29-33) VIII: Esoteric Buddhism in the Provinces and Neighboring Regions (art. 24-37) IX: Esoteric Buddhism and the Buddhist Tantras:The Song, Liao, Xixia, Jin, and Yunnan (art. 38-47) X: The Broader Impact of Esoteric Buddhism (art. 48-51) XI: From Kublai's Conquest to the Present: The Impact of Tibetan and Central Asian Vajrayana in China (art. 52-55) ESOTERIC BUDDHISM IN KOREA (art. 56-58) ESOTERIC BUDDHISM IN JAPAN XII: Esoteric Buddhism in Japan during the Nara and Heian (art. 59-67) XIII: Medieval (Kamakura, Muromachi and Azuka-Momoyama) (art. 68-79) XIV: Early Modern, Modern and Contemporary (Edo, Meiji, and up to the Present) (art. 80-87) Contributors Abbreviations Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BB04353455
• ISBN:
  • 9789004184916
• LCCN: 2010037130
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engjpn
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: xxi, 1200 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BQ8912.9.E18
  • DC22 : 294.3/925
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Tantric Buddhism -- East Asia
  • LCSH : Tantras
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00635968