The Weaving of Mantra Kukai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse
- List Price: $85.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr
- Publish date: 05/01/1999
In "The Weaving of Mantra," Abe presents the most thorough and innovative study to date on Kukai -- one that constitutes a radically different approach to the research on early Japanese religious history. Embedding Kukai within the fabric of political and social life during ninth-century Japan, Abe's book explores the full range of intellectual and political contexts, in the process introducing a number of Japanese and Chinese primary-source texts previously undiscovered by Western-language scholars. As he illustrates in rich detail, Kukai's esoteric Buddhism played a critical role in many societal sea changes -- from the growth of monasteries into major feudal powers to the formation of the native phonetic alphabet, kana.
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