Mediating the Power of Buddhas: Ritual in the Manjusrimulakalpa
Wallis, Glenn
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Book ID : 42023
ISBN-10 : 93-81218-72-2 / 9381218722
ISBN-13 : 978-93-81218-72-3 / 9789381218723
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2013
Edition : (First Indian Edition)
Language : English
xiii, 265p., App., Bib., Index, 23 cm. (First pub. in 2002 by SUNY Press) (Divine Buddhist Texts and Studies Series No. 18)
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
Mediating the Power of Buddha's offers a fascinating analysis of the seventh-century ritual manual, the Manjusrimulakalpa. This medieval text is intended to reveal the path into a ritual universe where the power of a buddhaabides. Author Glenn Wallis traces the strategies of the Manjusrimulakalpa to enable its committed reader to perfect the promised ritual, uncovering what conditions must be met for ritual practice to succeed and what personal characteristics practitioners must possess in order to realize the ritual intentions of the Buddhist community. The manual itself was written at a key point in Buddhist history, one when Hindu forms of practice were still imitated and on the cusp of the shift from Mahayana to Vajrayana (or Tantric) Buddhism. In addition, the Manjusrimulakalpa presents a rich compendium of Buddhist life in an earlier era, containing information on a variety of its readers' concerns: astrology, astronomy, medicine and healing, ritual practice, iconography, devotion, and meditation.
