The Weaving of Mantra: Kukai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse

by RyuichiAbe (Author)

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  2000

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  Examines the Buddhist priest Kukai's influence on Japanese culture. This book contends that the importance of Kukai's transmission of esoteric Buddhism to Japan lay in his creation of a general theory of language grounded in the ritual speech of mantra. It explores the rhetorical strategies Kukai employed in his works.