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Spells, Images, and Mandalas

Tracing the Evolution of Esoteric Buddhist Rituals

By: Koichi Shinohara

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Spells, Images, and Mandalas

Tracing the Evolution of Esoteric Buddhist Rituals

By: Koichi Shinohara

Koichi Shinohara traces the evolution of Esoteric Buddhist rituals from the simple recitation of spells in the fifth century to complex systems involving image worship, mandala initiation, and visualization practices in the ninth century. He presents an important new reading of a seventh-century Chinese text called the Collected Dharani Sutras, which shows how earlier rituals for specific deities were synthesized into a general Esoteric initiation ceremony and how, for the first time, the notion of an Esoteric Buddhist pantheon emerged. In the Collected Dharani Sutras, rituals for specific deities were typically performed around images of the deities, yet Esoteric Buddhist rituals in earlier sources involved the recitation of spells rather than the use of images. The first part of this study explores how such simpler rituals came to be associated with the images of specific deities and ultimately gave rise to the general Esoteric initiation ceremony described in the crucial example of the All-Gathering mandala ritual in the Collected Dharani Sutras. The visualization practices so important to later Esoteric Buddhist rituals were absent from this ceremony, and their introduction would fundamentally change Esoteric Buddhist practice. This study examines the translations of dharani sutras made by Bodhiruci in the early eighth century and later Esoteric texts, such as Yixing's commentary on the Mahavairocana sutra and Amoghavajra's ritual manuals, to show how incorporation of visualization greatly enriched Esoteric rituals and helped develop elaborate iconographies for the deities. Over time, the ritual function of images became less certain, and the emphasis shifted toward visualization. This study clarifies the complex relationship between images and ritual, changing how we perceive Esoteric Buddhist art as well as ritual.

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Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhism

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0231166141

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9780231166140

Spells, Images, and Mandalas

Tracing the Evolution of Esoteric Buddhist Rituals

By: Koichi Shinohara

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Tracing the Evolution of Esoteric Buddhist Rituals

By: Koichi Shinohara

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353

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Columbia University Press

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0231537395

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9780231537391

Recentering Globalization

Popular Culture and Japanese Transnationalism

By: Koichi Iwabuchi

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Recentering Globalization

Popular Culture and Japanese Transnationalism

By: Koichi Iwabuchi

DIVAn examination of the increased presence of Japanese media and popluar culture in the rest of Asia and the way it has transformed Japanese self-understanding./div

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296

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Duke University Press

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0822328917

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9780822328919

Logic Programming '89

Proceedings of the 8th Conference, Tokyo, Japan, July 12-14, 1989

By: Koichi Furukawa,Hozumi Tanaka

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Logic Programming '89

Proceedings of the 8th Conference, Tokyo, Japan, July 12-14, 1989

By: Koichi Furukawa,Hozumi Tanaka

This volume contains selected papers presented at the Eighth Logic Programming Conference, held in Tokyo, 1989. Various topics in logic programming are covered. The first paper is an invited talk by Prof. Donald Michie, Chief Scientist of the Turing Institute, entitled "Human and Machine Learning of Descriptive Concepts", and introduces various research results on learning obtained by his group. There are eleven further papers, organized into sections on reasoning, logic programming language, concurrent programming, knowledge programming, natural language processing, and applications. A paper on knowledge programming introduces a flexible and powerful tool for incorporating and organizing knowledge using hypermedia. Another paper presents the constraint logic programming language cu-Prolog, designed for combinatorial problems; the way cu-Prolog solves the constraints is based on program transformation.

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200

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540539190

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9783540539193

Polyrotaxane and Slide-Ring Materials

By: Kohzo Ito,Kazuaki Kato,Koichi Mayumi

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Polyrotaxane and Slide-Ring Materials

By: Kohzo Ito,Kazuaki Kato,Koichi Mayumi

The first book to cover the fundamentals and applications of polyrotaxane and slide-ring materials authored by their inventor.

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216

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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1849739331

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9781849739337

Antennas for Small Mobile Terminals

By: Kyohei Fujimoto,Koichi Itoh

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Antennas for Small Mobile Terminals

By: Kyohei Fujimoto,Koichi Itoh

With the progress and rapid increase in mobile terminals, the design of antennas for these small systems is becoming more and more important. This forward-looking volume offers professionals current and comprehensive coverage of the design, development, and implementation of small, compact, and lightweight antennas in mobile communication terminals. The book discusses a wide range of communication systems, from Radio-frequency identification (RFID), and near field communications (NFC), to wireless power transmission (WPT) and broadband wireless networks. Engineers learn how to use small antennas in mobile phones, wearable systems, laptop computers, radio watches, and broadband wireless networks such as WLAN and WiMAX. This definite reference covers the critical applications today’s professionals need to understand, from antennas for IoT and antenna design for 5G mm-wave devices, to body-centric communication systems and antennas for unmanned aerial vehicles.

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Artech House

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1630815217

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Book's by Koichi Shinohara

Spells, Images, and Mandalas

Spells, Images, and Mandalas

Spells, Images, and Mandalas

Spells, Images, and Mandalas

Recentering Globalization

Recentering Globalization

Logic Programming '89

Logic Programming '89

Polyrotaxane and Slide-Ring Materials

Polyrotaxane and Slide-Ring Materials

Antennas for Small Mobile Terminals

Antennas for Small Mobile Terminals

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