Icons and iconoclasm in Japanese Buddhism : Kukai and Dogen on the art of enlightenment

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Winfield, Pamela, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Kūkai, 774-835.
• Dōgen, 1200-1253.
• Buddhism and art--Shingon (Sect)--Japan.
• Meditation--Såotåoshåu.
• Meditation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 207 pages)

Other Title:

Icons and iconoclasm in Japanese Buddhism

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pamela D. Winfield offers a fascinating juxtaposition and comparison of the thoughts of two pre-modern Japanese Buddhist masters, Kukai (774-835) and Dogen (1200-1253) on the role of imagery in the enlightenment experience.

Contents:

• The art of enlightenment
• Mikkyo space, Zen time
• Kukai on the art of the ultimate
• Dogen on the art of engaging.

Notes:

• Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on print version record.
• Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

OCLC:

842363895