Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

378 neil schmid Russia Menshikov, L N. et. al. 1992. E cang Dunhuang wenxian /Rukopisi iz Dun’chuana kollekcii Rossii (Dunhuang ...

35. ESOTERIC BUDDHISM IN THE NANZHAO AND DALI KINGDOMS CA. 8001253 Henrik H. Sørensen Introduction Although Sichuan and Yunna ...

380 henrik h. sØrensen represents the heart of the local Buddhist tradition, and has continued to do so even after the area was ...

. esoteric buddhism in the nanzhao & dali kingdoms 381 The close relationship that existed between the rulers of the Nanzh ...

382 henrik h. sØrensen in that there are no contemporary sources with which to substantiate it. The Long Scroll contains portrai ...

. esoteric buddhism in the nanzhao & dali kingdoms 383 compiled by the monk Xuanjian (n.d.); the Da guanding yi (Ritual fo ...

384 henrik h. sØrensen (Ritual for the Vajrasattva Fire Urn Altar Bestowal of Abhiṣeka);^22 and others.^23 Here mention can als ...

. esoteric buddhism in the nanzhao & dali kingdoms 385 Figure 1. Brick rubbing of Chinese talismans and Sanskrit spells, l ...

386 henrik h. sØrensen exact meaning behind this practice is unclear, it may be interpreted as an additional way of empowering a ...

. esoteric buddhism in the nanzhao & dali kingdoms 387 Figure 2. Brick rubbing of the Shanzhu bimi zhenyan , late Dali per ...

388 henrik h. sØrensen Other spells and dhāraṇīs of importance include the Yiqie zhu fo guiming zhou (Spell of All the Buddhas ...

. esoteric buddhism in the nanzhao & dali kingdoms 389 mythic Indian monk who is credited with bringing Buddhism to Yun- n ...

390 henrik h. sØrensen the majority of the local Buddhists, monastics and lay alike. After the funerary pyre had burned down, th ...

. esoteric buddhism in the nanzhao & dali kingdoms 391 Figure 3. Funerary jar with the Buddhoṣṇīṣa-dhāraṇī, Dali kingd ...

392 henrik h. sØrensen a sizable number of texts that were the product of the local tradition. It is therefore not surprising th ...

36. ESOTERIC BUDDHISM IN SICHUAN DURING THE TANG AND FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD Henrik H. Sørensen Introduction In reconstructing the ...

394 henrik h. sØrensen spread of this form of Buddhism in the region.^2 This “map” shows a clear line extending from the north t ...

. esoteric buddhism in sichuan 395 onwards, does not appear to have been distinct from the mainstream Buddhist tradition as pr ...

396 henrik h. sØrensen Hence he occurs prominently, often with more than one image/niche in such sites as Nankan in Bazhong (cf. ...

. esoteric buddhism in sichuan 397 ch. 2., 107b–9a). Dhāraṇī-pillars made of iron are known from later periods; however, they ...