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The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art |
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| 著者 |
Bangdel, Dina
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Huntington, John C.
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| 出版年月日 | 2003.10 |
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| ページ | 560 |
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| 出版者 | Serindia Publications |
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| 出版サイト |
http://www.serindia.com/
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| 出版地 | Chicago, IL, US [芝加哥, 伊利諾伊州, 美國] |
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| 資料の種類 | 書籍=Book |
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| 言語 | 英文=English |
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| キーワード | 修行=Practice; |
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| 抄録 | Attention to Himalayan Buddhist art has come to the forefront of art historical scholarship in recent years, especially in the areas of connoisseurship and attribution. Several major exhibitions have highlighted the artistic achievements of the Himalayan cultures, yet very few have focused primarily on the reasons for the creation of the art and its original intent. The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art attempts to fill this lacuna in the scholarship by showing that the function of Himalayan Buddhist art is to interpret and give physical form to specific Buddhist practices.
The exhibition catalogue for The Circle of Bliss points the way to an entirely new direction for the study of the visual representations of the Chakrasamvara Tantra and other key Buddhist Tantras. The texts of the Chakrasamvara Tantra offer profound meditational techniques to practitioners to enable them to experience the increased awareness necessary for reaching the ultimate state of human perfection, or Enlightenment. Here, for the first time in Himalayan art historical scholarship, the works of art are presented in their socio-religious context, with details about how their symbolic visual language expresses the attainment of that path. The study focuses on the esoteric meditations related to Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, which are regarded as among the principal meditational practices throughout the Himalayan Buddhist world. Long believed to be taught only to initiated disciples, the details of these meditations have gradually come into the light of modern scholarship over the last sixty years. With this increased public awareness, the authors have been allowed a unique opportunity to explain these esoteric processes without breaking any of the still-secret traditions. The book’s thematic emphasis provides a clear, well-articulated overview of the Himalayan Buddhist meditational process from its inception through its completion stages.
The study delineates the geo-cultural development across Asia of the diverse esoteric religious practices of Himalayan Buddhism, especially the seminal contribution of the Newar Buddhist community of Nepal in the transmission and reinterpretation of the esoteric Tantric Buddhist teachings. The practices of the Newar community, in particular the Chakrasamvara teachings, are revealed as a major force in the development of Buddhism.
Featuring approximately 160 of the aesthetically finest and most powerful masterpieces of Indian, Nepalese, Tibetan, Chinese, and Mongolian art produced over the past thirteen centuries, the catalogue includes many works published for the first time. It highlights the extraordinary artistic accomplishments of esoteric Buddhism and at the same time leads the reader to understand the intrinsic function of these exquisite works. In this in-depth contextualization of the art works, the complex world of Himalayan Buddhist art has been explicated beyond aesthetic appreciation to a germane understanding of its innermost meaning and its service in the pursuit of Enlightenment.
喜馬拉雅（Himalayan）佛教藝術近年來已躍居為最熱門的佛教藝術史顯學之一，特別是在美學鑒賞與象徵意涵這兩方面。然而對於它的原始意向與創作原因卻甚少提及。
本書【福報的永恒循環－佛教的精神藝術】，試圖填補這個空白，解釋 Himalayan佛教藝術的作用並賦予具體的實踐體驗。作者提供了一個獨特的機會，闡明這些神秘宗教的實踐過程。
這個研究描繪了橫跨亞洲不同區域對Himalayan佛教教義實踐多種多樣的面貌。選錄了約160件代表作品，這些來自印度、尼泊爾、中原及蒙古的藝術品，是在過去13個世紀間製作完成的。這些傑作突出了Himalayan佛教非凡的藝術成就，引領讀者進一步理解這個複雜的宗教藝術、精妙的作品內涵及自我實踐的追求。 |
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| ISBN | 1932476016 (hc) |
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| ヒット数 | 473 |
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| 作成日 | 2004.03.12 |
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| 更新日期 | 2007.05.15 |
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