The Weaving of Mantra

Ryuichi Abé

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Columbia University Press, US, 2000

0231112874 / 9780231112871

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The great Buddhist priest Kukai (774-835) is credited with the introduction and establishment of tantric -or esoteric -Buddhism in early ninth-century Japan. In Ryuichi Abe examines this important religious figure -neglected in modern academic literature -and his profound influence on Japanese culture. Offering a radically new approach to the study of early religious history -combining historical research, discourse analysis, literary criticism, and semiology -Abe contends that the importance of Kukai's transmission of esoteric Buddhism to Japan lay not in the foundation of a new sect but in his creation of a general theory of language grounded in the ritual speech of mantra. embeds Kukai within the fabric of political and social life in ninth-century Japan and explains how esoteric Buddhism played a crucial role in many societal changes in Japan -from the growth of monasteries into major feudal powers to the formation of the native phonetic alphabet, kana. As Abe illustrates, Kukai's writings and the new type of discourse they spawned also marked Japan's transition from the ancient order to the medieval world, replacing Confucianism as the ideology of the state.Abe begins by placing Kukai's life in the historical context of medieval Japan and the Ritsuryo state, then explores his interaction with the Nara Buddhist intelligentsia, which was seminal to the introduction of esoteric Buddhism. The author discusses Kukai's magnum opus, () and introduces a number of Japanese and Chinese primary-source texts previously unknown by Western-language scholars. Instead of tracing Kukai's thought through literal readings, explores the rhetorical strategies Kukai employed in his works, shedding valuable light on what his texts meant to his readers and what his goals were in creating a discourse that ultimately transformed Japanese culture. The great Buddhist priest Kukai (774-835) is credited with the introduction and establishment of tantric-or esoteric-Buddhism in early ninth-century Japan. In The Weaving of Mantra, Ryuichi Abe examines this important religious figure-neglected in modern academic literature-and his profound influence on Japanese culture.Offering a radically new approach to the study of early religious history-combining historical research, discourse analysis, literary criticism, and semiology-Abe contends that the importance of Kukai's transmission of esoteric Buddhism to Japan lay not in the foundation of a new sect but in his creation of a general theory of language grounded in the ritual speech of mantra. The Weaving of Mantra embeds Kukai within the fabric of political and social life in ninth-century Japan and explains how esoteric Buddhism played a crucial role in many societal changes in Japan-from the growth of monasteries into major feudal powers to the formation of the native phonetic alphabet, kana. As Abe illustrates, Kukai's writings and the new type of discourse they spawned also marked Japan's transition from the ancient ord.…

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Titel
The Weaving of Mantra
Autor
Ryuichi Abé
Verlag
Columbia University Press, US
Erscheinungsjahr
2000
Zustand
New
Einband
Paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
0231112874
ISBN-13
9780231112871
Auflage
Revised ed.
Abmessungen
22.96 x 15.34 x 3.25 cm

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