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Chinese Esoteric Buddhism (Tang Tantrism) Wang, Xing

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Tantra/Esoteric Buddhism that has spread in Tang China and was transmitted to Japan during the same period. Three Indian Tantric masters Śubhakarasiṃha (善無畏), Vajrabodhi (金剛智) and Amoghavajra (不空), brought the Esoteric Buddhist (later known in Japan as Zhenyan 真言, "true word", "mantra") tradition from 716 to 720 during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. This tradition highly depended on mandalas, mantras, mudras, abhiṣekas, and deity yoga, containing magical rituals, spells, and other elements also seen in other early Indian religions. Gradually this tradition died out in China after the destruction of Buddhism during the Wuzong period (846).

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Title
Chinese Esoteric Buddhism (Tang Tantrism)
Creator
Wang, Xing
Contributor
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Publisher
Database of Religious History (DRH)
Date Issued
2018-11-16
Description
Tantra/Esoteric Buddhism that has spread in Tang China and was transmitted to Japan during the same period. Three Indian Tantric masters Śubhakarasiṃha (善無畏), Vajrabodhi (金剛智) and Amoghavajra (不空), brought the Esoteric Buddhist (later known in Japan as Zhenyan 真言, "true word", "mantra") tradition from 716 to 720 during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. This tradition highly depended on mandalas, mantras, mudras, abhiṣekas, and deity yoga, containing magical rituals, spells, and other elements also seen in other early Indian religions. Gradually this tradition died out in China after the destruction of Buddhism during the Wuzong period (846).
Subject
Religion; Buddhist traditions; Chinese buddhist traditions; Tantric school (mi zong 密宗 or mi jiao 密教)
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2019-02-21
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0376511
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/68396
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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