Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
Start by marking “The Weaving of Mantra: Kukai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse” as Want to Read:
The Weaving of Mantra: Kukai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse
by
The Buddhist figure Kukai (774-835) is generally credited with the formal establishment of tantric - or esoteric - Buddhism in Japan and as the founder of the Shingon school of Buddhism. Yet as Ryuichi Abe contends, the importance of Kukai's establishment of esoteric Buddhism in Japan lay not in the foundation of a new sect but in his creation of a new religious discourse.
...more
Hardcover, 620 pages
Published
May 1st 1999
by Columbia University Press
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
Reader Q&A
To ask other readers questions about
The Weaving of Mantra,
please sign up.
Be the first to ask a question about The Weaving of Mantra
This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
Add this book to your favorite list »
Community Reviews
Showing 1-32
Start your review of The Weaving of Mantra: Kukai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse
Classic! ingenious argument! Many of the details can be omitted without compromising the strength of argument. Looking forward to discuss this book in class.
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
News & Interviews
Die-hard mystery fans are always on the hunt for their next supremely satisfying whodunit. To help you stock that Want to Read shelf, we asked...
50 likes · 22 comments
No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »
