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Journal of Asian Studies (2018) 77 (2): 405–428.
Published: 01 May 2018
... and translation of the core esoteric scripture of Caodaism, the Đại Thừa Chơn Giáo 大乘真教 (The True Teachings of the Great Vehicle), rendered in its 1950 Vietnamese-French edition as The Bible of the Great Cycle of Esotericism. This study demonstrates how colonial religious institutions and networks of circulation...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2018) 77 (3): 775–777.
Published: 01 August 2018
... section of the volume, “Counterpoints,” focuses more squarely on esoteric Buddhism instead of its traces, but it does so beyond the boundaries of China, namely in Japan and Korea. François Macé’s chapter offers a broad thematic and chronological survey of Japanese esotericism in the space of a few rich...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2007) 66 (2): 546–548.
Published: 01 May 2007
... of Buddhist thought and practice, attracting international admiration? Searching for the answer, the author addresses the source of Buddhist esotericism—Indian tantra—explaining it as a powerful alternative to the intellectual philosophical system of Buddhism. The living philosophy of tantra, its...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2001) 60 (2): 545–546.
Published: 01 May 2001
... and lacking in praxis. Abe gives a detailed explanation of the structure and function of the main ritual linguistic devices of esotericism, dharani and mantra, and shows how Kukai's twin readings oisutras highlight the esoteric dimension of exoteric texts. He also explains Kukai's way of interpreting...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2012) 71 (2): 585–588.
Published: 01 May 2012
... unconvincing, the overall effect of this book is excellent, and the other, more important arguments, are not affected. McDaniel's disruption of the narrative of decline, esotericism, and syncretism, as well as his focus on the materials of religious creativity in Thailand, render this work a requirement...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2009) 68 (3): 995–997.
Published: 01 August 2009
..., Part III comprises three pieces on “The Demise of Secrecy.” Albert de Jong's essay in part I offers useful analytical clarifications where secrecy, restrictions, privacy, esotericism, and mysticism are concerned, before discussing the religions of the ancient world. De Jong points out that “secrets...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1962) 22 (1): 130–131.
Published: 01 November 1962
... the interestingly different in it. Hundreds of sentences of the type ". . . theses of Hindu-Buddhist esotericism; this will and thus be becomes reintegrated into the probably make the book welcome to the inter- One-All," (p. 104) no doubt please the fellow ested non-specialist, but it will not fulfill the believer...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1962) 22 (1): 129–130.
Published: 01 November 1962
... esotericism; this will and thus be becomes reintegrated into the probably make the book welcome to the inter- One-All," (p. 104) no doubt please the fellow ested non-specialist, but it will not fulfill the believer. This is seen in highly favorable In- need of a critical and exhaustive study of the dian...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2001) 60 (2): 546–548.
Published: 01 May 2001
... in the second part, "Cartography," examine Kukai's interaction with the Nara sects that he criticized for being overly scholastic and lacking in praxis. Abe gives a detailed explanation of the structure and function of the main ritual linguistic devices of esotericism, dharani and mantra, and shows how Kukai's...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2005) 64 (3): 785–787.
Published: 01 August 2005
.... The Lost Land of Lemuria: Fabulous Geographies, Catastrophic Histories, Ramaswamy s second book, will engage readers interested not only in theories of loss and nostalgia, postcolonialism, knowledge production, and modernity but also in the history of science, world histories, utopias, esotericism...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2005) 64 (3): 787–789.
Published: 01 August 2005
..., postcolonialism, knowledge production, and modernity but also in the history of science, world histories, utopias, esotericism and occultism, and humanist geography. Released months before the Asian tsunami of December 2004, this groundbreaking work is hauntingly moving, particularly in its refusal to dismiss...
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Far Eastern Quarterly (1956) 15 (2): 269–272.
Published: 01 February 1956
... in Esotericism, it marks the stage or level of progress that the celebrant has attained in his approach to enlightenment, and is not confined to the r61e of an "entrance" ceremony. In Tantrism the abhiseka is especially meant to confer on the receiver, by a consecration (kajid), the capacity for mastering...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1998) 57 (2): 491–494.
Published: 01 May 1998
... beliefs and practices, stating that Ippen and people like him were unordained charismatic figures who emerged from the native shamanistic tradition and embellished their power with those of Buddhist esotericism and Taoist immortals (p. 358). Michael Solomon's contribution is the tenth chapter, a very...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1974) 33 (3): 403–413.
Published: 01 May 1974
... relationships carried great weight and prestige in every sect: while most particularly associated with the esotericism of Shingon, doctrinal lineages based on the exclusive or secret transmission of teaching from master to disciple were also common to Tendai, Zen and other sects, and they may in fact...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1997) 56 (4): 1006–1032.
Published: 01 November 1997
... has shown that the Theosophical ideas espoused by Olcott and HPB were an eclectic hodge-podge that mixed esotericism, primitivism, and free thought with attempts to embrace the power of science. Their stance was nondogmatic and sought to confederate all religions; but in their Asian phase...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1989) 48 (2): 272–288.
Published: 01 May 1989
... u "o The Manas o CO CO xc75 o / 1\ ^ ac> / \ ^S <5" D / /\ (Ghat of Ritual Duty) O \ CD Yajnaval kya to Bharadvaj /\ Figure 2. The four ghats of the Manas Lake. bathing place reserved for married women who do not wish to be seen by men (pahghat). Its mood is one of secrecy and esotericism...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2011) 70 (1): 99–139.
Published: 01 February 2011
... : Paṭel Lālajībhāi Nānajībhāī . Amir-Moezzi Mohammad Ali . 1994 . The Divine Guide in Early Shi‘ism: The Sources of Esotericism in Islam . Trans. Streight David . Albany : State University of New York Press . Ānandapriyājī Paṇḍit . 1980 VS/1924. “ Gujarātamāṃ Hindū Sabhā...
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Far Eastern Quarterly (1951) 11 (1): 17–30.
Published: 01 November 1951
... esotericism But the tjandis (shrines or temples) of East Java show no such symmetry and no similarities in their reliefs. The emphasis in the construction of the East-Java temples seems to have fallen on the rear of the building; the roof, which in Mid-Java was an organic part of the whole temple is in East...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1990) 49 (2): 253–273.
Published: 01 May 1990
... demonstrates a variety of attitudes toward language, ranging from the deep skepticism of certain Zen koans to an equally deep faith in the efficacy of, say, a mantra in Buddhist esotericism or a formula of salvation like namu Amidabutsu in the devotional sects. The great patriarch of Japanese Shingon, Kukai...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2001) 60 (3): 701–729.
Published: 01 August 2001
... by Chittick (1995) in his entry under "Sufism" in the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. There he resists the common Western practice of equating Sufism only with "Islamic mysticism" or "Islamic esotericism" and instead describes it as "the interiorization and intensification of Islamic faith...
