Read The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva: Dizang in Medieval China

The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva: Dizang in Medieval China

Zhiru

4.9/5 (34397 ratings)

Description:In modern Chinese Buddhism, Dizang is especially popular as the sovereign of the underworld. Often represented as a monk wearing a royal crown, Dizang awaits the faithful to help them navigate the complex underworld bureaucracy, avert the sufferings of hells, and arrive at the happy realm of rebirth. The author examines this important Buddhist deity during his formative period - before he settled into his modern role as beneficent ruler of the underworld, when his iconography and hagiography were still rife with possibilities. gradual sinicization of the Indian Ksitigarbha, a relatively unknown bodhisattva, into Dizang, an underworld deity. Such a model obscures the many-faceted personality and iconography of Dizang. Rejecting it, the author deploys a broad array of materials (scripture, epigraphy, art, ritual texts, and narrative literaure) to recomplexify Dizang and restore what this figure meant to Chinese Buddhists from the fifth to tenth centuries. material artifacts and literary works, canonical and noncanonical sources, to uncover forgotten aspects of the medieval Dizang. Through her analysis, the Dizang cult, far from being an isolated phenomenon, is revealed as integrally woven into the entire fabric of Chinese Buddhism, functioning as a kaleidoscopic lens encompassing a multivalent religio-cultural assimilation and so resists the usual bifurcation of doctrine and practice or elite and popular religion. material on the personality, iconography, and lore assicated with the medieval Dizang, while it elucidates the complex dynamics underlying the making of a savior cult in Chinese religion.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva: Dizang in Medieval China. To get started finding The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva: Dizang in Medieval China, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 376

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Release: 2007

ISBN: 0824864832

Description: In modern Chinese Buddhism, Dizang is especially popular as the sovereign of the underworld. Often represented as a monk wearing a royal crown, Dizang awaits the faithful to help them navigate the complex underworld bureaucracy, avert the sufferings of hells, and arrive at the happy realm of rebirth. The author examines this important Buddhist deity during his formative period - before he settled into his modern role as beneficent ruler of the underworld, when his iconography and hagiography were still rife with possibilities. gradual sinicization of the Indian Ksitigarbha, a relatively unknown bodhisattva, into Dizang, an underworld deity. Such a model obscures the many-faceted personality and iconography of Dizang. Rejecting it, the author deploys a broad array of materials (scripture, epigraphy, art, ritual texts, and narrative literaure) to recomplexify Dizang and restore what this figure meant to Chinese Buddhists from the fifth to tenth centuries. material artifacts and literary works, canonical and noncanonical sources, to uncover forgotten aspects of the medieval Dizang. Through her analysis, the Dizang cult, far from being an isolated phenomenon, is revealed as integrally woven into the entire fabric of Chinese Buddhism, functioning as a kaleidoscopic lens encompassing a multivalent religio-cultural assimilation and so resists the usual bifurcation of doctrine and practice or elite and popular religion. material on the personality, iconography, and lore assicated with the medieval Dizang, while it elucidates the complex dynamics underlying the making of a savior cult in Chinese religion.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva: Dizang in Medieval China. To get started finding The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva: Dizang in Medieval China, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva: Dizang in Medieval China

The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva: Dizang in Medieval China

More Books

Zhiruto (Kirenai Fated Mates #2)

Zhiruto (Kirenai Fated Mates #2)

The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva: Dizang in Medieval China (Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism, 21)

The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva: Dizang in Medieval China (Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism, 21)

The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva: Dizang in Medieval China (Studies in East Asian Buddhism) by Zhiru Ng (2007-09-21)

The Making of a Savior Bodhisattva: Dizang in Medieval China (Studies in East Asian Buddhism) by Zhiru Ng (2007-09-21)

英语畅谈中国文化-英文版Introducing Chinese Culture in English

英语畅谈中国文化-英文版Introducing Chinese Culture in English

Landscape Design for Dummies "- ("... for Dummies") / Landshaftnyy dizayn dlya "chaynikov" - ("...dlya "chaynikov"")

Landscape Design for Dummies "- ("... for Dummies") / Landshaftnyy dizayn dlya "chaynikov" - ("...dlya "chaynikov"")

Conception, Pregnancy and Birth: A Gestation Encyclopedia (Chinese Edition)

Conception, Pregnancy and Birth: A Gestation Encyclopedia (Chinese Edition)

Finite-Time Sliding Mode Control for Markov Jump Systems: Transient Performance Analysis and Design (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, 603)

Finite-Time Sliding Mode Control for Markov Jump Systems: Transient Performance Analysis and Design (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, 603)

British Economy in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover) (Chinese Edition)

British Economy in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover) (Chinese Edition)

Future in Retrospect: China's Diplomatic History Revisited (China Foreign Affairs Review)

Future in Retrospect: China's Diplomatic History Revisited (China Foreign Affairs Review)