Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

83. TŌZANHA SHUGENDŌ IN THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD Barbara Ambros In the early modern period, there were two major Shugendō branche ...

. tzanha shugend in the early modern period 1019 as fully on par with other Buddhist clerics, but they were also unre- lated ...

1020 barbara ambros entry (nyūbu ) retreats was mandated by bakufu regulations of Tōzanha Shugendō from 1613 and 1722, though th ...

. tzanha shugend in the early modern period 1021 southwestern Sagami province participated in rituals for Hakone Gongen , th ...

1022 barbara ambros prohibitions against healing rituals (Miyake 2006, 48). In 1874, former shugenja were prohibited from rentin ...

. tzanha shugend in the early modern period 1023 permitted to attain high-ranking offices. In the fifth month of 1873, all f ...

84. THE FOURFOLD TRAINING IN JAPANESE ESOTERIC BUDDHISM Richard K. Payne Contemporary priestly training in Shingon (Tōmitsu ) an ...

. the fourfold training in japanese esoteric buddhism 1025 the initiate and one of the five tathāgatas (pañcatathāgata, gonyor ...

1026 richard k. payne is found throughout Buddhist tantra (Payne 1998, 1999b; Yamasaki 1988). These preliminary practices have n ...

. the fourfold training in japanese esoteric buddhism 1027 Thirteenth and Fourteenth Weeks: Goma kegyō: Repeat jūhachidō, kong ...

1028 richard k. payne homologies: food is equated with the ritual offerings, the mouth with the outer rim of the altar-hearth, t ...

85. THE ROLE OF ESOTERIC BUDDHISM IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN: WHETHER ESOTERICISM APPEARS OR REMAINS CONCEALED IN THE WORLD DEPENDS O ...

1030 thierry robouam two facts are certain. Since the 1990s a renewed interest in esotericism (mikkyō ) in Japan has manifested ...

. the role of esoteric buddhism 1031 ture and can be found, for example, in tattooes, depicted in manga (Japanese graphic nove ...

1032 thierry robouam of pilgrimage in Japan, and found the courage to deconstruct the offi- cial narratives about Kūkai. He depi ...

. the role of esoteric buddhism 1033 the result of decades of research and publications on historical docu- ments related to K ...

1034 thierry robouam most interesting loci for understanding the subtle differences in the way Taimitsu and Shingon Tōmitsu affe ...

86. THE SEA OF ESOTERICISM IS OF ONE FLAVOR BUT HAS DEEP AND SHALLOW ASPECTS: “TANTRA” AND NEW AGE MOVEMENTS FROM AGONSHŪ TO AS ...

1036 thierry robouam created a favorable terrain for the emergence of new religious tradi- tions in the twentieth century. Final ...

. the sea of esotericism is of one flavor 1037 temples train exorcists ( ) and fortune tellers ( ) for sub- stantial sums of m ...