Healing Buddha Revised Edition

Name: Healing Buddha Revised Edition
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ISBN: 9781570626128

ISBN-10: 157062612X

ISBN-13: 9781570626128

Edition: Revised

Authors: Raoul Birnbaum

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This book presents important discourses that deal with the Healing Buddha in his various manifestations and discusses the many symbols, colors, and deities that are used as objects of meditation. The accompanying photographs of sculptures, paintings, and mandalas demonstrate the importance of art and aesthetic experience in Buddhist healing practices. Also included is a history of healing in the development of Buddhism from the earliest texts and the famous Lotus Sutra to the Buddhism of Tibet, where elaborate ritual is used in the healing of body and mind. Some of the many herbs and medicines used to treat disease in the Buddhist cultures of Asia are described in an appendix. A new preface…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/28/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Raoul Birnbaum holds a doctorate in Buddhism and Chinese Religions from Columbia University. He is now a member of the Department of Religion at Princeton University.



Foreword


Preface to the Revised Edition


Acknowledgments



The Divine Healer in Buddhism: A Study of the Lapis Lazuli Radiance Buddha, Master of Healing



Concepts of Healing in Early Buddhism



The Bodhisattvas of Healing



The Lapis Lazuli Radiance Buddha, Master of Healing, and His Buddha Brothers



Images, Meditations, and Ritual Worship



Translations from the Chinese Buddhist Canon



Sutra Spoken by the Buddha on the Contemplation of the Two Bodhisattvas, King of Healing and Supreme Healer, from the Chinese version of Kalayasas (ca. 424), T. XX, 1161



Preface to the Sutra on the Merits of the Fundamental Vows of the Master of Healing Tathagata, by Hui-chu (617), T. XIV, 449



Sutra on the Merits of the Fundamental Vows of the Master of Healing, the Lapis Lazuli Radiance Tathagata, from the Chinese version of Hsuan-tsang (650), T. XIV, 450



Sutra on the Merits of the Fundamental Vows of the Seven Buddhas of Lapis Lazuli Radiance, the Masters of Healing, from the Chinese version of I-ching (707), T. XIV, 451


Appendices



Healing Agents in the Pali Canon



References to Bodhisattvas of Healing in the Chinese Buddhist Canon



References to the Buddha of Healing in the Chinese Buddhist Canon



Chinese Character List



Seeking Longevity in Chinese Buddhism: Long Life Deities and Their Symbolism


Selected Bibliography


Index