Shinohara K. Spells, images, and mandalas: tracing the evolution of esoteric Buddhist rituals. - New York: Columbia University Press, 2014. - xxi, 324 p.: ill. - Ref.: p.301-311. - Ind.: p.313-324. - ISBN 978-0-231-16614-0 Шифр: 01
List of Figures and Tables .................................... vii
Acknowledgments ................................................ ix
Introduction ................................................... xi
PART I. The Three Ritual Scenarios .............................. 1
1 The Recitation of Spells in the Dhāraṇī Collections .......... 3
The Image Ritual of the Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara ......... 15
3 The Maṇḍala Initiation Ceremony ............................. 28
4 The Formation of the All-Gathering Ceremony ................. 64
PART II. The Evolution of Dhāraṇī Sūtras and the Introduction
of Visualization Practice ...................................... 89
5 Dharani Sutras and Their Evolution in Esoteric Sūtras
Translated by Bodhiruci ..................................... 91
6 The Tradition of the Amoghapāśa Sūtras ..................... 126
PART III. Toward a New Synthesis: "Mature" Rituals of
Visualization ................................................. 145
7 Yixing's Commentary on the Mahāvairocana Sūtra: Creating
the Great Maṇḍala .......................................... 147
8 Amoghavajra's Ritual Manuals ............................... 168
Conclusion .................................................... 194
Appendix: The Day-by-Day Instructions for the All-Gathering
Maṇḍala Ceremony in the Collected Dhāraṇī Sūtras ........... 205
Notes ......................................................... 227
References .................................................... 301
Index ......................................................... 313