Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

45. ESOTERIC BUDDHISM UNDER THE JIN 11151234 Henrik H. Sørensen Introduction When the Jurchen defeated the Liao and establish ...

. esoteric buddhism under the jin (–) 479 On the Transmission of Esoteric Buddhism to the Jin Historical sources on th ...

480 henrik h. sørensen Foreign ācāryas were also present in Jin, and the Fozu lidai tongzai (Comprehensive Record of Historical ...

. esoteric buddhism under the jin (–) 481 and its practices, the large number of such texts committed to stone in the ...

482 henrik h. sørensen (Collection of the Secret Storehouse of Dhāraṇīs of the High- est Vehicle of Buddhism),^16 the Zunsheng ...

. esoteric buddhism under the jin (–) 483 with a variety of dhāraṇīs have been documented from the Jin period.^22 Whe ...

484 henrik h. sørensen general knowledge of the transmission of cultural practices in North- east Asia.^28 Esoteric Buddhist Cul ...

. esoteric buddhism under the jin (–) 485 Conclusion The form of Esoteric Buddhism that existed under the Jin would ap ...

486 henrik h. sørensen the Northern Song, and probably quite similar to what existed in the Koryŏ kingdom. This was probably bec ...

46. ESOTERIC BUDDHIST ART UNDER THE NANZHAO AND DALI KINGDOMS Henrik H. Sørensen Introduction Since the rediscovery in the 1930s ...

488 henrik h. sørensen Avalokiteśvara, Vajrasattva, Cintāmaṇicakra-Avalokiteśvara, and so on. The cults of Mahākāla and Vaiśrav ...

. esoteric buddhist art 489 Figure 1. Acuoye Avalokiteśvara. Gilt bronze, eleventh century. Dali, Chongsheng Pagoda (Qiu and J ...

490 henrik h. sørensen Although the Acuoye does not display iconographic features represen- tative of a distinct Esoteric Buddhi ...

. esoteric buddhist art 491 appear as two main types: one holding his hands in the vajramuṣtī-̣ mudrā (Lutz and Howard 1991, ...

492 henrik h. sørensen The Buddhist Cult Centers on Mt. Shizhong and at Mt. Jing Located some twenty-five kilometers to the west ...

. esoteric buddhist art 493 had strong tantric Buddhist connotations. As such it would have rep- resented the worship of the f ...

494 henrik h. sørensen Figure 2. Rubbing of stele depicting Uṣṇīṣavijayā. Thirteenth century, Jianquan, Yunnan. ...

. esoteric buddhist art 495 Figure 3. Rubbing of engraving depicting vidyārāja. Nanzhao, tenth century, Boshiwahe, southern Si ...

496 henrik h. sørensen Long Scroll with similar iconographical features.^20 Ritual implements such as vajras and ghaṇṭās minia ...

. esoteric buddhist art 497 The importance of erecting pagodas as part of their Buddhist practice and belief is a defining cha ...