The study on current states of talismans in esoteric scriptures and its realistic function of various shapes- Focused on the depart. of Esoteric Buddhism in the SAT Daizōkyō -

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 115-148
Author(s):  
Dae-hyun Kang
Keyword(s):  
Esoteric Buddhism

Chinese and Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-73
Author(s):  
Geoffrey C. Goble
Keyword(s):  
Esoteric Buddhism

Concentration and Visualization Techniques in Buddhist Meditation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuyoshi Yamabe
Keyword(s):  
Fifth Century ◽  
The Body ◽  
Early Form ◽  
Significant Development ◽  
Buddhist Meditation ◽  
Esoteric Buddhism ◽  
Reflective Thought ◽  
Visual Approach ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Visualization Techniques

This chapter outlines the early form and development of Buddhist meditation. First, it discusses the “application of mindfulness,” especially “mindfulness of the body,” which can be largely classified into two types of practice. One is “mindfulness per se,” without reflective thought, and the other is a more reflective or visual approach. “Mindfulness per se” (in particular, mindful breathing) was transmitted to East Asia and remains the cardinal method there. The chapter discusses close ties between traditional mindfulness and Japanese Sōtō practice. It then moves on to describe meditation on the decomposition of a corpse, which is a representative form of the more reflective and visual type of practice, involving the observation of a dead body in its stages of decomposition. This is found in early scriptures. Later texts came to teach a more elaborate method of “grasping the images” of a corpse. A notable development in visualization is that the images seen by the practitioner came to include ones that were more enigmatic. The discussion finally turns to another significant development in Buddhist meditation, one which involves Buddha visualization. Its undeveloped form is found in early Mahayana sutras, but a fully developed version employing statues as aides for visualization is found in later meditation texts from the fifth century onward. This type of visualization was inherited by Esoteric Buddhism and is still practiced today.

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