Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

958 cynthea j. bogel Figure 11. Eight-armed, three-headed Hayagrīva Bodhisattva (Horse-Headed Avalokiteśvara), unearthed from An ...

. the tji lecture hall statue mandala 959 had been sponsored by previous emperors at the Nara temples; he cited imperial spon ...

960 cynthea j. bogel self.^31 The location of Tōji inside the capital, and Takaosanji/Jingoji just outside, was significant. As ...

. the tji lecture hall statue mandala 961 probably based on the version of the Benevolent Kings Sūtra known during the Nara p ...

962 cynthea j. bogel Lecture Hall statues were completed, when Emperor Ninmyō (r. 833– 850) had the Benevolent Kings Sūtra read ...

. the tji lecture hall statue mandala 963 Color plate 13. One of three extant Five Power Bodhisattva (Godairiki Bosatsu), Ryū ...

964 cynthea j. bogel of the latter two texts are linked to texts that feature the divinities of the Diamond World mandala, deriv ...

. the tji lecture hall statue mandala 965 To someone familiar with esoteric iconography, the complex dis- position of the sta ...

966 cynthea j. bogel Figure 12. Tojikenzaiyō (Contemporaneous Plan), drawing of Tōji Lecture Hall altar. Tōji (Kyōōgokokuji), Ky ...

. the tji lecture hall statue mandala 967 Figure 13. Five Wisdom Buddhas stele. Aichi Prefectural Ceramics Research Institute ...

968 cynthea j. bogel include the Ninnōkyō gohō shoson zu (“Illustrations of Various Divini- ties of the Five Directions from the ...

. the tji lecture hall statue mandala 969 Figure 14. Ninnōkyō gohō shoson zu (Benevolent Kings Five Directions Illustrations) ...

970 cynthea j. bogel Figure 15. Ninnōkyō gohō shoson zu (Benevolent Kings Five Directions Illustrations), west assembly. Daigoji ...

. the tji lecture hall statue mandala 971 Figure 16. Ninnōkyō gohō shoson zu (Benevolent Kings Five Directions Illustrations) ...

972 cynthea j. bogel Figure 17. Ninnōkyō gohō shoson zu (Benevolent Kings Five Directions Illustrations), south assembly. Tōji ( ...

. the tji lecture hall statue mandala 973 Figure 18. Fudō Myōō (Acalānatha), Takao mandara, Womb mandala, detail. Jingoji, Ky ...

974 cynthea j. bogel of five. Bonten stands to the rear, as part of Taishakuten’s entourage, next to Fudō Myōō.^46 Representing ...

. the tji lecture hall statue mandala 975 Figure 19. Tōji Kōdō gobutsu nado zu (Tōji Lecture Hall Five Buddhas and Other Icon ...

976 cynthea j. bogel Imported drawings or paintings likely served as a basis for not only the appearance of the Lecture Hall sta ...

. the tji lecture hall statue mandala 977 are characters for a Buddhist doctrinal theory, the Sanrinshin (alt. Sanrinjin) or ...