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Twin Mandalas of Vairocana in Japanese Iconography
By: Ryujun Tajima

Twin Mandalas of Vairocana in Japanese Iconography<br> By: Ryujun Tajima; English version from the French by Lokesh Chandra and Nirmala Sharma


 
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Author: Ryujun Tajima; English version from the French by Lokesh Chandra and Nirmala Sharma
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9788177421163
Publication Date: 2012


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A fundamental work for the philosophic and artistic understanding of the theory and graphic representation of the mandalas in general and especially in the Shingon tradition of Japan. Details the philosophy, patriarchs and sacred canon of Mantrayana, its ulterior development into two branches in Japan, the nature and different kinds of mandalas, as well as their classification and essential principles. The twin mandalas of Vairocana based on the Mahavairocana-sutra and the Sarva-tathagata-tattva-sangraha are detailed in all aspects: their basic ideas, their interrelationship and differences in character, their configuration and symbolism. The iconography of all the deities is given at length from the root text, from the Hizoki of Kobo Daishi, and from the graphic representation ;which is the prime theme of the work. The work ends with the doctrine of Shingon (Mantrayana), its differences from exoteric or 'popular' Buddhism, the three universals, the triple mystery, the four kinds of dharmakayas, the stupa of five circles, the five knowledges, the three degrees of Tantric abhiseka (empowerment), bodhicitta and so on. It is a sine qua non for the comprehension of the history, iconography and aesthetics of mandalas with their inexhaustible Olympus of divine beings symbolising the mystic experience in the plenitude of ecstasis.

Translated by Lokesh Chandra and Nirmala Sharma
Hardcover, 294 pages

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