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"The Buddhist priest Kukai (774-835) is credited with the introduction and formal establishment of tantric - or esoteric - Buddhism in early ninth-century Japan and the founding of the Shingon school. In The Weaving of Mantra, author Ryuichi Abe examines this important religious figure and his profound influence on Japanese culture. Abe contends that the importance of Kukai's establishment of esoteric Buddhism lay not in the foundation of the Shingon sect but in his creation of a general theory of language grounded in the ritual speech of mantra." "The Weaving of Mantra embeds Kukai within the fabric of political and social life in ninth-century Japan and explains how esoteric Buddhism played a critical role in many societal changes in Japan - from the growth of monasteries into major feudal powers to the formation of the native phonetic alphabet, kana. As Abe illustrates, Kukai's writings and the new type of discourse they spawned also marked Japan's transition from the ancient order to the medieval world, replacing Confucianism as the ideology of the state."--BOOK JACKET.

Shingon (Sect) --- Doctrines. --- Esoterik. --- Mantra. --- Sectes bouddhiques --- Shingon (secte). --- Kūkai, --- Kūkai. --- Studies. --- Japon --- Religion --- J1876 --- J1800.30 --- Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- Shingon --- Japan: Religion -- Buddhism -- history -- Heian period (794-1185) --- Shingon-Schule --- Kūkai, --- Kūkai --- 774-835 --- Doctrines

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Neo-Confucianism --- Neo-Confucianism. --- Philosophy, Japanese --- Philosophy, Japanese. --- Yamazaki, --- Yamazaki, Ansai, --- 1600-1868. --- Japan.

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The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems- both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.

Buddhism --- Religion and sociology. --- History. --- Religion and sociology --- History

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Religious studies --- Sociology of religion