Encyclopedia of Buddhism

Holding on to each of these five things produces suf- fering because there is no permanent existence in the world. If a person c ...

Whitfield, Roderick. The Art of Central Asia: The Stein Collec- tion at the British Museum,3 vols. Tokyo: Kodansha Inter- nation ...

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ECONOMICS Before trying to determine whether it is possible to identify a specifically Buddhist approach to the eco- nomic realm ...

variety is difference, a loss of primordial unity, a unity that will be restored only when MAITREYA, the future buddha, appears. ...

goods without which they could not survive, the for- mer reciprocated through their command of super- natural means. Among the e ...

them more visible. This can be seen among Thai peas- ants, among whom the two highest forms of merit- making—financing the const ...

EDUCATION For centuries, Buddhist monasteries throughout Asia played a prominent role in disseminating both reli- gious and secu ...

misunderstood or what they had failed to compre- hend on their own. In this traditional Buddhist edu- cation system, students ha ...

and the environmentalist Cho ̆ngt’o Society in South Korea; international peace organizations, such as the Japan-based, Nichiren ...

the Tendai monastic establishment at Mount Hiei near Kyoto to become a flourishing center for Buddhist study and practice. Like ...

of Stories). The early Buddhists, however, were proba- bly even more partial to memorable narratives than adherents of other Ind ...

storytelling session, rope together those in attendance, and march them off to the front. The affinity between Buddhism and stor ...

(Vidya
ra
ja, Myo
o
), and esoteric ritual implements. Such scholarship examines artistic and stylistic attrib- utes, iconograph ...

esoteric divinities used in Water and Land or Ten Kings of Hell rites, among others. In China, Water Land rituals (shuilu dahui) ...

divide into two groups: characteristic-possessing and characterless honzon. The Japanese Esoteric master Ku
kai wrote: The dharm ...

esotericism, sexualized bodies or scatological refer- ences are the exception and metaphor the norm. Sym- bols may take the form ...

tainer was made of jade, the material treasured above all others in Tang China. See also:China, Buddhist Art in; Japan, Buddhist ...

ESOTERICART, SOUTH ANDSOUTHEASTASIA Cakrasamva
ra and Vajravarahl
in Union,Nepal, about 1450, opaque watercolor on cotton hangi ...

Aesthetically, a few generalizations can be offered about esoteric painting. Because the human form is the yogic “vessel” for fo ...