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The Doctrinal Origins of Embryology in the Shingon School |
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Kameyama, Takahiko (著)=亀山隆彦 (au.)
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Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
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| Volume | v.47 n.1 |
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| Date | 2020 |
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| Pages | 85 - 102 |
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| Publisher | Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture=南山宗教文化研究所 |
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http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/
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| Location | 名古屋, 日本 [Nagoya, Japan] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Author Affiliations: Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures at Ryukoku University |
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| Keyword | esoteric Buddhism; five stages within the womb; red and white drops; Kakuban; embryology; Gorinkuji myō himitsu shaku |
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| Abstract | 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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| Table of contents | The Five Developmental Stages of the Embryo in the Uchigikishū 88
Embryological Theory in the Gorinkuji 91
The Six Elements and Kakuban’s Embryological Theory 95
Conclusion 98
References 99 |
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| ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
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| DOI | dx.doi.org/10.18874/jjrs.47.1.2020.85-102 |
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| Created date | 2021.01.08 |
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