Empty Vision: Metaphor and Visionary Imagery in Mahayana Buddhism

Visual metaphors in a number of Mahayana sutras construct a discourse in which visual perception serves as a model for knowledge and enlightenment. In the Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparamita) and other Mahayana literature, immediate access to reality is symbolized by vision and set in opposition to...

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Main Author: McMahan, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Hoboken Taylor and Francis 2013
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Series/Journal:Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
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505 8 0 |a Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Technical Note on Terms; Introduction; 1 The Devaluation of Language and the Privileging of Perception; Language and Concepts in Early Buddhism; Abhidharma and Dharma Theory; Mahāyāna Views on Language and Concepts; Dialectical Patterns in the Perfection of Wisdom Literature; Dialectic, Paradox, and Discourse; The Paradoxical Dialectic and Buddhist History; Discursive Thinking and the Construction of the Lifeworld; Perception in Indian Buddhism and Indian Philosophy 
505 8 0 |a 2 Buddhist Visuality in History and MetaphorVision in Indo-European Language and History; Metaphors and Their Functions; Visual Metaphor in Buddhist Discourse; Related Metaphors for Knowledge and Awakening; The Meaning and Significance of Space in Buddhist Discourse; Conclusion; 3 Orality, Writing, and Authority: Visionary Literature and the Struggle for Legitimacy in the Māhayāna; Orality In Early Buddhism; Writing in the Early Mahāyāna; Writing and the Survival of the Mahāyāna; Sacred Text and Sacred Site; Writing and the Visual 
505 8 0 |a The Buddhavacana and Strategies of Legitimation in the MahāyānaVisionary Literature and Grounds for Legitimacy; Conclusion; 4 Realms of the Senses: Buddha Fields and Fields of Vision in the Gandavyūha Sūtra; Historical Context of the Gandavyūha; Visionary Literature and Thaumaturgy in India; Buddha-Fields and Images of Kingship; Elements of the Narrative; Vision and Doctrine; Dialectics of Words and Dialectics of Vision; Concretization of Metaphor; 5 The Optics of Buddhist Meditation and Devotion; Vision and Visualization in Early and Non-Mahāyāna Meditation; Meditation and Mental Imagery 
505 8 0 |a Vision and DevotionDharma, Buddha, Stupa, and Saint; Recollection of the Buddha and Visualization Sūtras; Image Worship and Darśan; Asaṅga on the Buddha's Bodies; Tantric Visualization Practices; Stages of Tantric Sādhana; Mandala and Sūtra Imagery; Embodiment and Resemblance; The Somaticization of Doctrine; 6 Conclusions and Occlusions; Ocularcentrism in European and American Philosophy; Ocularcentrism in Buddhist Traditions; Notes; Bibliography; Index 
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