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Date Of Record Release: 2007-10-20 11:00:42
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Title: The Weaving of Mantra
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: Ryūichi Abe
One Sentence Summary: A reinterpretation of Kūkai, one of the major founders of Buddhist Tantra in Japan.

Description: Abe has attempted to give a new interpretation to Kūkai’s life and thought. Kūkai is said to have devised a new way of speaking about ritual that replaced a Confucian hegemony in which Buddhism was used primarily to repair problems and shortcomings. Abe’s reading is one of the most innovative but also controversial interpretations of Kūkai to come out in many years. (David Germano)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Normalized publisher place: New York
Publisher country: United States
Classification: Tantric Studies -- Buddhist Tantra -- Individual Texts -- Mahāvairocana-Abhisaṃbodhi Tantra (MV Sūtra)
Tantric Studies -- Buddhist Tantra -- East Asian Buddhist Tantra
Cultural Coverage: China
Japan
Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 0231112874
Format: Print media (print or manuscript, including PDFs)
Media type: Text
Resource Type: Book (single author)
Reader Rating: very useful
Release Flag: OK for viewing
Date Of Record Creation: 2007-10-20 11:07:27
Date Record Checked: 2007-10-20
Date Last Modified: 2007-10-20 11:07:27
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