Buddhism : Critical Concepts in Religious Studies, Vol. VI

THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF NEWAR BUDDHISM with four faces (though often only three are shown) and eight arms. The two main arms show ...

TANTRIC BUDDHISM (INCLUDING CHINA AND JAPAN) respect for the Buddhist monk.^14 In inscriptions and other documents from the Mall ...

THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF NEWAR BUDDHISM money was left over from the specific activities of the giithi was used for an annual feas ...

TANTRIC BUDDHISM (INCLUDING CHINA AND JAPAN) household or lineage. In some places today the rituals are always performed by one ...

THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF NEWAR BUDDHISM custom has largely died out. Following are three customs which are still rather generally ...

TANTRIC BUDDHISM (INCLUDING CHINA AND JAPAN) torches, go in groups to visit all of the caityas and biihiis of the city of Patan. ...

THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF NEWAR BUDDHISM hence, especially in the smaller institutions, initiations are held at irregular inter- va ...

TANTRIC BUDDHISM (INCLUDING CHINA AND JAPAN) bhi~u, a red or yellow robe, to which is added two silver bracelets, a pair of ear- ...

THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF NEWAR BUDDHISM avoid these things you will obtain heaven."^20 They then lay aside their monk's robes and ...

TANTRIC BUDDHISM (INCLUDING CHINA AND JAPAN) the biihii, or in his own home if he has such a shrine. He is entitled to have jaja ...

THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF NEWAR BUDDHISM despite the fact that there are ten other main biihiis of Sakyas where bare- chuyegu initi ...

TANTRIC BUDDHISM (INCLUDING CHINA AND JAPAN) fewer rituals to perform. To an extent this is true, but the statement is made agai ...

THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF NEWAR BUDDHISM priests, and this probably came about because of the availability of the Vajriidiryas. In ...

TANTRIC BUDDHISM (INCLUDING CHINA AND JAPAN) The first contemporary evidence of the presence of Buddhism in the Valley comes fro ...

THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF NEWAR BUDDHISM and occasionally a few other bits of information. From the large number of Bud- dhist manu ...

TANTRIC BUDDHISM (INCLUDING CHINA AND JAPAN) brothers [Blue Annals p. 380ff].^48 The last of the famous Indian pandits came in t ...

THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF NEWAR BUDDHISM donations and repairs to the vihiiras. Such inscriptions often list the names of all the m ...

TANTRIC BUDDHISM (INCLUDING CHINA AND JAPAN) What this seems to indicate is that the bahis are relics of an earlier and celi- ba ...

THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF NEWAR BUDDHISM priests of the families attached to the bah!s. This arrangement further blurred the lines ...

TANTRIC BUDDHISM (INCLUDING CHINA AND JAPAN) Are the bahls then older institutions than the biihiis as some commentators have sp ...