Mediating the Power of Buddhas : Ritual in the Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa.

Intro -- Mediating the Power of Buddhas -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Aims -- 1.2 Methods -- 1.3 The Text: Manjusrimulakalpa -- 1.4 The Ritual -- 2. The Source of Power: The Assembly (sannipata) -- 2.1 Cosmology -- 2.2 Mmk 1: vision and cult -- 2.3 The text as cult image -- 2.4 Revelation and transmission -- 3. The Refraction of Power: The Cult Image (pata) -- 3.1 The pata as image and animated object -- 3.2 Creation of the cult object (patavidhana) -- 4. The Empowered Practitioner (sadhaka) -- 4.1 The practitioner in the text -- 4.2 The sadhaka -- 4.3 Epithets and space -- 5. Summary and Conclusion -- Appendices -- Abbreviations and symbols -- Appendix A1: Terminus ad quem/a quo -- Appendix A: Colophons and chapter synopses -- Appendix B: Indexical Lists -- Appendix C: uttamasdhana -- Appendix D: mantras -- Appendix E: Chapter Two -- Appendix F: Chapter Three -- Appendix G: Chapter Three -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Analyzes a seventh-century ritual manual that provides both a rich source of information of medieval Buddhist life and addresses the ongoing concern of how an adherent can encounter the power of a buddha.

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