Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia

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eighth-century Japanese material
culture and, 670–72
incorporation of Hindu deities,
104–14, 119, 121–25, 208, 257–59,
260f.2, 911, 946, 948f.9
landmarks of esoteric art in Japan,
904–23
localization processes reflected in the
Long Scroll, 487–88, 491
local traditions at Mt. Baoding, 502–3
origins of esoteric Buddhism and, 6, 94
proto tantric pantheon within the Qifo
bapusa suoshuo da tuoluoni
shenzhou jing, T.1332, 305
the Sino-Tibetan pantheon, 131–32
Song period Mārīcī image at Beishan
in Sichuan, 428–30, 432
transmission of Zhenyan Buddhism to
Korea indicated by, 593–94
“true body” of the Buddha presented
in relics and stūpas and, 147
vidyārāja depictions from pre-Tang, 259
Yuan and Ming periods, 129–31
at Yungang, 257–58
ideology
alāyavijñāna, 14, 786
Confucian (Ruist) ideology and
esoteric Buddhism, 446–47
icchantikas and Hossō school
categories, 786, 788
kaijo (universal enlightenment), 786
phalayāna, 1045
as a referent for esoteric Buddhism, 14
sectarian dynamics revealed by the
Bodaishingishō, 772–73
See also tathāgatagarbha ideology
images
abhiṣeka (guanding) as a rite for
bathing of, 71
text with rituals for bathing of, 35, 66
imperial preceptors, 467, 474–77
Amoghavajra’s role as, 354–55
Dacheng Xuanmi, Imperial
Preceptor Huicheng as historical
figure, 475–76
unity of esoteric teachings with the
Mahāyāna reflected in the title
Dacheng Xuanmi Imperial
Preceptor, 467
Indra
cult of, in Korea, 592, 603–4
the esoteric Buddhist pantheon and, 17
see also Taishakuten (Indra)


initiation, 64, 66, 74, 88, 152, 163, 265,
311, 392, 545–48, 603, 712, 753, 758–60,
768, 840–41, 866, 934–35, 1044
fourfold training (shido kegyō) and,
1024–28
ritual arenas for, 287
Saichō receipt of, 753
“tripartite initiation” (sanbu shitsuji),
753
See also abhisekạ (guanding); kanjō
institutions
esoteric Buddhism and monastic
institutions, 286–93
Japanese pilgrimage routes such as
Shikoku exemplifying, 14
rājādhirāja and the emergence of
tantra and, 9, 21, 23–24, 72, 264
as references to esoteric Buddhism,
13–14
religious tourism to Putuoshan
(Potalaka) exemplifying, 14, 528
Shingon Buddhism in the early
modern period and, 1009–17
Taimitsu development and, 749
Tōzanha Shugendō in the early
modern period, 1018–23
See also nation-state interests;
Shugendō; shugenja; temple
complexes
Ise Shrine
Dainichi’s essence represented by kami
of, 839, 840, 842, 861
representation of Buddhism forbidden
at, 843–44
Ishiyamadera
illustrated miraculous history of,
901–2
Nyoirin and, 901–2
issendai. See icchantikas
Jakkōji (Shugendō)
early history of, 999–1000
ritual calendar of, 997–1006
shugen-priests/married shugenja
division and, 1001, 1005
Jāṅgulī, the Jungle Woman
Book of Dhāraṇī and Spells of
T.1264–1265, 35, 212, 228
Lotus Sūtra appearance of, 124
rituals associated with in T.1264B, 35,
212
violent female form of Avalokiteśvara,
212
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