The Healing Buddha Revised Edition
by BIRNBAUM, RAOULEdition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-01-28
Publisher(s): Shambhala
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Summary
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 famousLotus Sutrato 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 and a new essay on the search for long life in Chinese Buddhism have been added to this revised edition.
Author Biography
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.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Preface to the Revised Edition | p. xiii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xix |
| The Divine Healer in Buddhism: A Study of the Lapis Lazuli Radiance Buddha, Master of Healing | |
| Concepts of Healing in Early Buddhism | p. 3 |
| The Bodhisattvas of Healing | p. 24 |
| The Lapis Lazuli Radiance Buddha, Master of Healing, and His Buddha Brothers | p. 52 |
| Images, Meditations, and Ritual Worship | p. 77 |
| 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 | p. 115 |
| Preface to the Sutra on the Merits of the Fundamental Vows of the Master of Healing Tathagata, by Hui-chu (617), T. XIV, 449 | p. 149 |
| 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 | p. 151 |
| 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 | p. 173 |
| Appendices | |
| Healing Agents in the Pali Canon | p. 221 |
| References to Bodhisattvas of Healing in the Chinese Buddhist Canon | p. 224 |
| References to the Buddha of Healing in the Chinese Buddhist Canon | p. 228 |
| Chinese Character List | p. 232 |
| Seeking Longevity in Chinese Buddhism: Long Life Deities and Their Symbolism | p. 238 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 274 |
| Index | p. 280 |
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