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218 richard d. mcbride ii of the images from the eighth and ninth centuries (Wong 2007c); from the eighth century onward, after ...

. popular esoteric deities 219 of this bodhisattva, as “Medicine Master Crystal Light Tathāgata” (Yaoshi liuliguang rulai ), i ...

17. ESOTERIC SCRIPTURES IN THE CONTEXT OF CHINESE BUDDHIST TRANSLATION PRACTICE Richard D. McBride II There are several fundamen ...

. esoteric scriptures 221 century work that outlines the features of the future tantric pantheon and tantric rituals. Strickma ...

222 richard d. mcbride ii monk as a student of astrology, portents, and all spell techniques (zhoushu ), divination practices, c ...

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18. TALISMANS IN CHINESE ESOTERIC BUDDHISM James Robson Talismans, which are generally understood to be powerful objects that in ...

226 james robson half of the fu as a guarantee of their agreement (Kaltenmark 1960; des Rotours 1952; Lagerwey 1987). One of the ...

. talismans in chinese esoteric buddhism 227 Figure 1. Talismans from Rites of the Vajra-Being of Impure Traces [Ucchuṣma] fo ...

228 james robson Dhāraṇī Sūtra of Āṭavaka, General of Demons (A zhapoju guishen dajiang shangfo tuolouni jing , T. 1238) inclu ...

. talismans in chinese esoteric buddhism 229 text included in the Taishō Buddhist canon (T. 2904), but many manu- scripts are ...

19. ASTROLOGY AND THE WORSHIP OF THE PLANETS IN ESOTERIC BUDDHISM OF THE TANG Henrik H. Sørensen Introduction To the medieval Ch ...

. astrology and the worship of the planets 231 bodies and it included the establishment of calendars, i.e., temporal devices. ...

232 henrik h. sørensen encountered a civilization that was in many ways as sophisticated as Indian culture, and which was in a n ...

. astrology and the worship of the planets 233 symbols to indicate the constellation or heavenly body against which it is thou ...

234 henrik h. sørensen The Asterisms Personified: The Role of Astral Divinities in Esoteric Buddhism At some point in the histor ...

. astrology and the worship of the planets 235 with the twelve demon generals thought to control the zodiac.^14 The lunar node ...

236 henrik h. sørensen Tang dynasty within the context of Esoteric Buddhism of course built on long and time-honored traditions ...

. astrology and the worship of the planets 237 the field were the result of a highly functional cross-breeding between Chinese ...