buddhism; circle - religious aspects; hinduism; gnosticism; god - kingship; mandala; theology
摘要
Recent scholarship on Indian Buddhist esotericism identifies the individual practitioner's pursuit of kingship and dominion as the central defining metaphor of Tantric literature. From this perspective the mandala is not simply a Gnostic symbol of enlightenment but a model used for the realization of a Buddhist feudal polity. This article extends this line of argument by explaining why one Indian Buddhist text, the Sarvadurgatipari?odhana Tantra (SDPS), would play an important role in the conversion of Tibet to Buddhism. Drawing upon the theories of J. Z. Smith on locative religion and ritual, I argue that the ubiquitous mandalas featured in this text serve as ‘maps’ and modes of emplacement that have political ramifications for an emerging Buddhist polity in Tibet. The mandalas, sovereignty symbolism, and mortuary rites of this text also undermine the indigenous model of divine kingship that was present in Tibet prior to the arrival of Buddhism.
目次
GUIDES TO THE MANDALA AS SACRED REPRESENTATION: METHODOLOGICAL EXCURSIONS 815 MAPPING THE MANDALA'S MULTIPLE COORDINATES 821 NARRATING THE GEOGRAPHY OF DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE 822 ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE SDPS TEXT AS ROYAL PROPAGANDA 826 MORTUARY MAGIC: REPLACING THE SINNER'S REBIRTH 827 RITUALS THAT SERVE SOVEREIGNS AND RECTIFY REGICIDE 831 MANDALAS ON THE MOVE IN THE MISSION CIVILISATRICE: MOLDS OR MODULAR? 835
