Abe Ryuichi Books
Books di Abe Ryuichi
The Weaving of Mantra
Abe Ryuichi
edizioni Columbia Univ Pr collana Columbia Univ Pr (Paperback) , 2000
The great Buddhist priest Kûkai (774-835) is credited with the introduction and establishment of tantric -or esoteric -Buddhism in early ninth-century Japan. In Ryûichi Abé examines this important religious figure -neglected in modern academic literature -and his profound influence on Japanese culture. Offering a radically...