Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

578 henrik h. sørensen is the same Song gaoseng zhuan account that has served as the basis for Iryŏng’s stories, but of course w ...

. early esoteric buddhism in korea 579 Sŏngdŏk (r. 702–737). For this ritual, the Renwang jing^9 is said to have been employed ...

580 henrik h. sørensen the dhāraṇī class, contained elements of Esoteric Buddhist beliefs and practices.^14 Hence, although the ...

. early esoteric buddhism in korea 581 seventh to eighth centuries.^17 Despite the material evidence for the prevalence of Eso ...

582 henrik h. sørensen and lengthy dhāraṇī sūtra. Although only a preface without much direct reference to Esoteric Buddhist pr ...

. early esoteric buddhism in korea 583 associated with these twelve spirit generals can be found in the com- mentary, as well ...

584 henrik h. sørensen Myŏnghyo and the Amoghapāśakalparāja The Chinese sources contain references to a Silla monk by the name o ...

. early esoteric buddhism in korea 585 attracted to mantras and spells; (4) he took a special interest in the Amoghapāśakalpar ...

586 henrik h. sørensen Characteristics of the Two Classes [of Mandalas]; T. 2081), from 834 C.E. Here it is recorded that Śubhāk ...

. early esoteric buddhism in korea 587 ) (cf. HPC vol. 3, 385b–387c). Some parts of the text are in the form of a dialogue bet ...

588 henrik h. sørensen she will allow rain to fall.^42 Both texts provide us with enough informa- tion to establish Hyech’o in t ...

. early esoteric buddhism in korea 589 mentioned in the later Korean records, but that their names and brief accounts either c ...

590 henrik h. sørensen and the founding of numerous temples based on the principles of this system. Tosŏn is said to have receiv ...

. early esoteric buddhism in korea 591 or printed dhāraṇīs would appear to have been especially important (cf. Chang 1987, 19 ...

592 henrik h. sørensen empowers the stūpa. In other words, the empowerment is being effec- tuated by placing a copy of the Sarva ...

. early esoteric buddhism in korea 593 undoubtedly represents Śākyamuni as Vairocana in accordance with the Avataṃsaka sūtra, ...

594 henrik h. sørensen for the identification it would appear to be a representation of the vidyārāja Kuṇḍali rather than Vajr ...

. early esoteric buddhism in korea 595 Conclusion Summing up the above, it is obvious that the early history of Esoteric Buddh ...

596 henrik h. sørensen the Tang, it is uncertain to what extent the teachings they inherited from their Chinese masters ever bec ...

57. ESOTERIC BUDDHISM UNDER THE KORYŎ 9181392 Henrik H. Sørensen Introduction Although part and parcel of the greater East As ...