Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

1038 thierry robouam strong relationship with the Shingon school. The direct influence of esotericism on these religious movemen ...

. the sea of esotericism is of one flavor 1039 marks a turning point in the attitude that established esoteric schools have ad ...

87. FROM VEDIC INDIA TO BUDDHIST JAPAN: CONTINUITIES AND DISCONTINUITIES IN ESOTERIC RITUAL Richard K. Payne Prefatory Note By e ...

. from vedic india to buddhist japan 1041 the boundaries of religious cultures—informed by close attention to context—may prov ...

1042 richard k. payne initiatory sequence includes three sets of vows: the basic pan-Buddhist set, the Mahāyāna bodhisattva vows ...

. from vedic india to buddhist japan 1043 example, seem to simply identify “hearths” in various locations, with- out indicatin ...

1044 richard k. payne different forms depending upon local conditions. Vedic practices, for example, form an important source of ...

. from vedic india to buddhist japan 1045 The second instance is the development of homa within the six- teenth-century Shintō ...

1046 richard k. payne Interiorization of Ritual The transition from Vedic ritualism to tantric yoga is often equated with the in ...

. from vedic india to buddhist japan 1047 past. Thus, it is not mantra in isolation that defines tantra, any more than mudrā o ...

1048 richard k. payne contrast these practices with those of tantric Buddhism. These seven instances—abhiseka, homạ , feeding h ...

. from vedic india to buddhist japan 1049 esoteric ritual practice is evident. In this brief set of actions—digging the earth, ...

1050 richard k. payne that opens the ritually defined enclosure, the practitioner (or his des- ignate) performs the following: T ...

. from vedic india to buddhist japan 1051 a “socio-ontological” shift, that is, a change in ontological category for some part ...

1052 richard k. payne extend beyond what we might consider to be the practical aspects of construction to include such fundament ...

. from vedic india to buddhist japan 1053 for domestic conduct) precede the building of a house” (Slusser 1982, 133). Writing ...

1054 richard k. payne drawn more on those practices than on the solemn rites.^15 At the same time, of course, some awareness of ...

CONTRIBUTORS Barbara Ambros Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Anna Andreeva Margaret Smi ...

1056 contributors Lucia Dolce School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Athanasios M. Drakakis Doctoral Cours ...

contributors 1057 Regan E. Murphy Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University Charles D. Orzech Department of Religio ...