Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

47. ESOTERIC BUDDHIST ART IN CHINA, 9601279 Henrik H. Sørensen Introduction As was the case with Esoteric Buddhist practices in ...

. esoteric buddhist art in china, – 499 Esoteric Buddhist Art under the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties Esoteric B ...

500 henrik h. sørensen The Shuilu , or water and land ritual, came to the fore during the Song, when different ritual traditions ...

. esoteric buddhist art in china, – 501 Figure 1. Divinities from the Department of Thunder. Rubbing of a stele with th ...

502 henrik h. sørensen when the first images were carved on behalf of a local military leader.^11 However, the site flourished d ...

. esoteric buddhist art in china, – 503 of the Tang tradition of Esoteric Buddhism.^17 At the heart of Zhao’s sculptura ...

504 henrik h. sørensen Color plate 5. Vairocana: First half of thirteenth century Mt. Baoding, Dazu. Photo by author. ...

. esoteric buddhist art in china, – 505 Esoteric Buddhist Art under the Liao Some of the features of Esoteric Buddhist ...

506 henrik h. sørensen The material found in connection with the opening of the under- ground chamber, the “earthly palace” (dig ...

. esoteric buddhist art in china, – 507 overlooked material has come to light. Among this material is the group of monu ...

508 henrik h. sørensen Figure 3. Nārāyaṇa as a Buddhist vajrapāla. Rubbing from a stele at Shaolin Temple, Jin dynasty. ...

. esoteric buddhist art in china, – 509 Figure 4. Dhāranị̄ pillar with the Usṇ̣īsāvijayā-dhāraṇī in Siddham script an ...

510 henrik h. sørensen of Buddhism in Tibet; and a third type that reflects a hybrid form in which Sinitic and Tangut-Tibetan el ...

. esoteric buddhist art in china, – 511 Buddhist divinities appearing in these paintings include the five dhyāni buddha ...

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48. THE ESOTERICIZATION OF CHINESE BUDDHIST PRACTICES George A. Keyworth Despite the fact that serious scholarly debate persists ...

516 george a. keyworth In English-language scholarship, Orzech (2006b) goes the fur- thest in defining esoteric Buddhism as the ...

. the esotericization of chinese buddhist practices 517 carefully proscribed formulae: illness, ill fortune, and all manner of ...