Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

258 henrik h. sørensen Figure 1. Rubbing from a votive stūpa with images of spirits. Northern Liang, fifth century C.E. Dunhuang ...

. esoteric buddhist art up to the tang 259 their respective mounts, the bull and the peacock.^7 The entrance of cave no. 8 fea ...

260 henrik h. sørensen Figure 2. Images of Maheśvara and Kārttikeya, Northern Wei, fifth century C.E. Yungang Caves, Shanxi. Pho ...

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23. ESOTERIC BUDDHISM IN THE TANG: FROM ATIKŪTA ̣ TO AMOGHAVAJRA 651780 Charles D. Orzech Introduction Between the fifth cent ...

264 charles d. orzech intimately connected with Buddhism’s adaptation to medieval sāmanta feudalism. The emerging Mantrayāna was ...

. esoteric buddhism in the tang 265 on trends already present in the Mahāyāna and on much of South Asian mantric lore.^9 The b ...

266 charles d. orzech and adopted outside of these lines and this is an important dimen- sion of ninth-century Chinese Buddhism. ...

. esoteric buddhism in the tang 267 of individual deities and specialized ritual practices—were adopted in settings outside of ...

268 charles d. orzech new esoteric developments in South Asia, and the political realities of working for the court.^17 Atikūṭa ...

. esoteric buddhism in the tang 269 systems of esoteric Buddhism. The scripture delineates four “fami- lies”: “Buddha,” in whi ...

270 charles d. orzech lodged at Tiangong Monastery (Bodhiruci arrived the same year). That same year he translated the Scripture ...

. esoteric buddhism in the tang 271 and interests.^31 This text, consisting of three fascicles and sixteen chap- ters, is obvi ...

272 charles d. orzech converted late in life to Buddhism. He rapidly gained a reputation as learned and was invited by Emperor G ...

. esoteric buddhism in the tang 273 Sarvāstivāda and Vinaya works. Yijing apparently was interested in the new esoteric teachi ...

274 charles d. orzech followed by Vajrabodhi and his disciple, Amoghavajra, who arrived in the Tang capital in 721.^45 Often tre ...

. esoteric buddhism in the tang 275 Monasteries, and the development of the Jin’ge Monastery complex on Mount Wutai) but also ...

276 charles d. orzech Śubhākarasiṃha and the Mahāvairocana sūtra Śubhākarasiṃha’s single most important accomplishment is cer- ...

. esoteric buddhism in the tang 277 the great bodhisattvas and the various devas who controlled the wind, rain, and other natu ...