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by Ryûichi Abé; Ryûichi Abé


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Kukai stepped into history at a time when the nation was experiencing a great social upheaval.

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The great Buddhist priest Kukai (774-835) introduced and established tantric -- or esoteric -- Buddhism in early ninth-century Japan. Ryuichi Abe examines this momentous religious figure and his profound influence on Japanese culture. Offering a radically new approach to the study of early religious history that combines historical research, discourse analysis, literary criticism, and semiology, Abe contends that the importance of Kukai's transmission of esoteric Buddhism to Japan lay less in the foundation of a new sect than in his creation of a general theory of language grounded in the ritual speech of mantra. Exploring the rich rhetorical strategies Kukai employed in his works, The Weaving of Mantra illuminates both what his texts meant to his readers and what goals guided the creation of a powerful discourse that ultimately transformed Japanese culture.

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  • Title The Weaving of Mantra
  • Author Ryûichi Abé; Ryûichi Abé
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Printing
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Columbia University Press, New York, NY
  • Date October 15, 2000
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780231112871

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Ryuichi Ab is Kao Associate Professor of Japanese Religious Studies in the Departments of Religion and East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. He is the coauthor of Great Fool: Zen Master Rykan--Poems, Letters, and Other Writings, and has been a recipient of the Philip and Ruth Hettleman Award for distinguished teaching.
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