The Doctrinal Origins of Embryology in the Shingon School
In this article, I discuss the significance of embryological knowledge, such as the red and white drops and the five developmental stages of the embryo, in medieval Shingon esoteric Buddhism. Specifically, I examine the writings of Kakuban, an eminent Shingon Buddhist monk in early medieval Japan, a...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Nanzan Institute
2020
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Année: 2020, Volume: 47, Numéro: 1, Pages: 85-102 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
École shingon
/ Kakuban 1095-1144, Gorin kuji myō himitsushaku
/ Embryologie
/ Cosmologie
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| RelBib Classification: | BL Bouddhisme KBM Asie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Embryology
B Gorinkuji myō himitsu shaku B five stages within the womb B red and white drops B Esoteric Buddhism B Kakuban |
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| Résumé: | In this article, I discuss the significance of embryological knowledge, such as the red and white drops and the five developmental stages of the embryo, in medieval Shingon esoteric Buddhism. Specifically, I examine the writings of Kakuban, an eminent Shingon Buddhist monk in early medieval Japan, and point out that, according to Kakuban, embryological knowledge was connected with the six elements, which were fundamental to Shingon conceptions of ontology. In other words, by constructing embryological theories, medieval Shingon monks such as Kakuban attempted to make a correlation between abstract and distant cosmologies and the life and death realities of their daily lives. |
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| Contient: | Enthalten in: Japanese journal of religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.18874/jjrs.47.1.2020.85-102 |