LEADER 04851oam 2200709I 450 001 9910453626903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-138-86260-6 010 $a1-315-02897-2 010 $a1-136-85726-5 010 $a1-136-85719-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315028972 035 $a(CKB)2550000001172104 035 $a(EBL)1583103 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001321190 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11687698 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001321190 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11370893 035 $a(PQKB)10621692 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1583103 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1583103 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10875556 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL553409 035 $a(OCoLC)866858207 035 $a(OCoLC)866842287 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001172104 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEmpty vision $emetaphor and visionary imagery in Mahayana Buddhism /$fDavid L. McMahan 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 225 1 $aThe Curzon critical studies in Buddhism series 300 $aFirst published in 2002 by RoutledgeCurzon. 311 $a0-7007-1489-8 311 $a1-306-22158-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Technical Note on Terms; Introduction; 1 The Devaluation of Language and the Privileging of Perception; Language and Concepts in Early Buddhism; Abhidharma and Dharma Theory; Maha?ya?na Views on Language and Concepts; Dialectical Patterns in the Perfection of Wisdom Literature; Dialectic, Paradox, and Discourse; The Paradoxical Dialectic and Buddhist History; Discursive Thinking and the Construction of the Lifeworld; Perception in Indian Buddhism and Indian Philosophy 327 $a2 Buddhist Visuality in History and MetaphorVision in Indo-European Language and History; Metaphors and Their Functions; Visual Metaphor in Buddhist Discourse; Related Metaphors for Knowledge and Awakening; The Meaning and Significance of Space in Buddhist Discourse; Conclusion; 3 Orality, Writing, and Authority: Visionary Literature and the Struggle for Legitimacy in the Ma?haya?na; Orality In Early Buddhism; Writing in the Early Maha?ya?na; Writing and the Survival of the Maha?ya?na; Sacred Text and Sacred Site; Writing and the Visual 327 $aThe Buddhavacana and Strategies of Legitimation in the Maha?ya?naVisionary Literature and Grounds for Legitimacy; Conclusion; 4 Realms of the Senses: Buddha Fields and Fields of Vision in the Gandavyu?ha Su?tra; Historical Context of the Gandavyu?ha; Visionary Literature and Thaumaturgy in India; Buddha-Fields and Images of Kingship; Elements of the Narrative; Vision and Doctrine; Dialectics of Words and Dialectics of Vision; Concretization of Metaphor; 5 The Optics of Buddhist Meditation and Devotion; Vision and Visualization in Early and Non-Maha?ya?na Meditation; Meditation and Mental Imagery 327 $aVision and DevotionDharma, Buddha, Stupa, and Saint; Recollection of the Buddha and Visualization Su?tras; Image Worship and Dars?an; Asan?ga on the Buddha's Bodies; Tantric Visualization Practices; Stages of Tantric Sa?dhana; Mandala and Su?tra Imagery; Embodiment and Resemblance; The Somaticization of Doctrine; 6 Conclusions and Occlusions; Ocularcentrism in European and American Philosophy; Ocularcentrism in Buddhist Traditions; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aVisual metaphors in a number of Mahayana sutras construct a discourse in which visual perception serves as a model for knowledge and enlightenment. In the Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparamita) and other Mahayana literature, immediate access to reality is symbolized by vision and set in opposition to language and conceptual thinking, which are construed as obscuring reality. In addition to its philosophical manifestations, the tension between vision and language also functioned as a strategy of legitimation in the struggle of the early heterodox Mahayana movement for authority and legitimacy. T 410 0$aCurzon critical studies in Buddhism. 606 $aMahayana Buddhism 606 $aMetaphor$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism 606 $aVision$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMahayana Buddhism. 615 0$aMetaphor$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism. 615 0$aVision$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism. 676 $a294.392 700 $aMcMahan$b David L.$0925708 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453626903321 996 $aEmpty vision$92267436 997 $aUNINA