Spells, Images, and Mandalas: Tracing the Evolution of Esoteric Buddhist Rituals (The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies) 9780231166140, 9780231537391, 0231166141

Spells, Images, and Mandalas: Tracing the Evolution of Esoteric Buddhist Rituals 9780231166140, 9780231537391, 2013030997

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Buddhist and Taoist Practice in Medieval Chinese Society: Buddhist and Taoist Studies II 9780824887438

A pressing need in the recent study of Chinese religion is to connect Buddhist and Taoist doctrine with the actual activ

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Powers of Protection: The Buddhist Tradition of Spells in the Dhāraṇīsaṃgraha Collections 9783110713367, 9783110713046, 2020952694

Open Access This sourcebook explores the most extensive tradition of Buddhist dhāraṇī literature and provides access t

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The Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval Chinese Hagiography 9780824846015

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Buddhist Discourses in Thai Merit-Making Rituals [0.9.1 ed.]

A comprehensive analysis of formal Thai merit-making rituals. https://bhaddacak.github.io/buddisthai

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Chinese Steles: Pre-Buddhist and Buddhist Use of a Symbolic Form 9780824861872

Buddhist steles represent an important subset of early Chinese Buddhist art that flourished during the Northern and Sout

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Buddhist Revitalization and Chinese Religions in Malaysia 9789048551835

This book tells the story of how a minority community comes to grip with the puzzling drama of modernity, history, globa

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A History of Chinese Buddhist Faith and Life 9004431772, 9789004431775

This book is a study of the formation and the practice of Buddhist canons and an attempt to present as fully as possible

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A Buddhist Theory of Semiotics: Signs, Ontology, and Salvation in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism 9781472541840

One of the first attempts ever to present in a systematic way a non-western semiotic system. This book looks at Japanese

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Spreading Buddha's Word in East Asia: The Formation and Transformation of the Chinese Buddhist Canon 9780231540193

A monumental work in the history of religion, the history of the book, the study of politics, and bibliographical resear

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