The Weaving of Mantra

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Author	: Ryûichi Abé
Publisher	: Columbia University Press
Total Pages	: 620
Release	: 1999-06-28
ISBN-10	: 0231528876
ISBN-13	: 9780231528870
Rating	: 4/5 (76 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis The Weaving of Mantra by : Ryûichi Abé

Book excerpt: The great Buddhist priest Kûkai (774-835) is credited with the introduction and establishment of tantric -or esoteric -Buddhism in early ninth-century Japan. In Ryûichi Abé examines this important religious figure -neglected in modern academic literatu

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