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Shingon refractions : Myōe and the Mantra of light

Title
Shingon refractions : Myōe and the Mantra of light / Mark Unno.
Author
Unno, Mark.
Publication
Somerville, MA : Wisdom Publications, c2004.

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Description
xiii, 353 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Myōe, 1173?-1232
  • Buddhist mantras
  • Shingon (Sect) > Prayers and devotions > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-344) and index.
Contents
Part I: Intellectual and cultural history: Refractions of light -- The Mantra of light, a textual history -- Knowledge of enlightenment and religious authority -- Emptiness and illusion in the Mangra of light -- Purity and defilement in the Mantra of light -- Gendered power of light, passion and compassion -- Part II: Translations: Illuminating texts -- Arubekiyzwa (as appropriate) -- Commentary on the significance of the syllables of the Mantra of light of the baptism of the Buddha Vairocana of the unfailing rope snare -- Lectures on the commentary on the significance of the syllables of the Mantra of light -- Recommending faith in the sand of the Mantra of light -- Recommending faith in the sand of the Mantra of light-supplement -- Chronicle of things not to be forgotten.
Call Number
*OLWL 04-7407
ISBN
0861713907 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004002602
OCLC
54392638
Author
Unno, Mark.
Title
Shingon refractions : Myōe and the Mantra of light / Mark Unno.
Imprint
Somerville, MA : Wisdom Publications, c2004.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-344) and index.
Research Call Number
*OLWL 04-7407
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