1162 index
Yō s a i , Yō j ō b ō a n d , 827–34
Zen and, 924–35
esoteric Buddhism—in Japan during
early modern period
ritual calendar of an Edo Shugendō
Shrine-Temple complex, 997–1008
Sanskrit studies during, 985–96
Shingon school during, 1009–17
Tōzanha Shugendō and, 1018–22
esoteric Buddhism—in Contemporary
Japan
AUM Shinrikyō movement and,
1038–39
Daigoji of Kyōto and, 1038
esoteric symbols in Japanese popular
culture, 1030–31
the fourfold training, (shido kegyō),
1024–28
homa devoted to Jesus, 1034
Kūkai studies at Japanese universities,
1032–34
the role of esoteric Buddhism, 1029–34
Ryūichi Abé and, 1031
“tantra” and new age movements,
1035–39
visiblity of mikkyō, 1030–31, 1036–37
Zen temple performance of esoteric
rituals, 931
esoteric Buddhism—in Korea during the
Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla
cult of Hindu dieties, 591–92
fictionalized accounts in the Samguk
yusa, 576–79
Haedong kosŭn chŏn (Histories of
Famous Monks in Korea), 576–77
minimal evidence of before eighth
century, 575, 580–81, 583
overview of, 575–96
esoteric Buddhism—in Korea during the
Koryŏ
Linji Chan (Imje Sŏn) influence on
Sŏn Buddhism during, 609
Mongol-Korea marriage alliances
during, 601
overview of, 597–615
esoteric Buddhism—in Korea during the
Chosŏn
blending of esoteric and exoteric art
during, 657
breadth of textual traditions
influencing, 630
cult of Cundī, 611, 630, 650, 651f.7,
652, 653f.8, 657
cult of Hindu deities, localization
reflected in iconographic forms,
652–56, 655f.9
“host of spirits” (Kor. sinjung), 654–55,
655f.9
talisman use during, 630–32, 633f.3
overview of, 616–57
esoteric Buddhism as a topic of scholarly
study
broad inclusion of within Chinese
Buddhism, 155–75, 516
challenges posed by terminology, 4–5,
10–13, 18
decay vs. progress debates related to,
4, 19–20
dhāraṇī use as an expression of
esoteric Buddhism, 220–21
Dharma Prince Shukaku and the
esoteric Buddhist culture of sacred
works medieval Japan, 794–800
’esoteric’ vs. Esoteric, 4–6
’esoteric’ vs. ’tantra’, 5
homogenization of diverse antinomian
rites as “tantric literature, “, 20
importance of Dunhuang materials for,
365–66
Kūkai studies in contemporary Japan,
1032–34
Sanskrit studies in early modern Japan
and, 985–96
sectarian issues concerning, 7, 749
theoretical and methodological issues,
1041–43
See also ’esoteric’ vs. tantra distinctions
esoteric Buddhist scriptures
centers of esoteric knowledge in Nara
Japan, 666–67
Daoxuan’s introduction of, to Japan,
662
dhāraṇī texts sought after in Japan
during the Nara period, 666
dissemination of in eight-century
Japan, 661–82
Dōji’s introduction of, to Japan,
661–62
hybrid texts with authentic and
fabricated elements, 183–84
texts imported to Japan before Saichō
and Kūkai, 675–82tt.1–2
transmissions of Chinese teachings to
Japanese monks during, 662–63
zōmitsu/junmitsu distinctions in the
Nara period, 664–65