The Kathmandu Valley as a Water Pot - Abstracts of Research Papers on Newar Buddhism in Nepal
Book Specification
Item Code: | NAO810 |
Author: | Kazumi Yoshizaki |
Publisher: | Vajra Books, Nepal |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2012 |
ISBN: | 9789937506748 |
Pages: | 184 |
Cover: | Paperback |
Other Details | 8.5 inch X 5.5 inch |
Weight | 240 gm |
Book Description
This book is a collection of abstracts of my papers on Newer Buddhism in Nepal, which I have published over these past 25 years. I am aware that it would be desirable to completely rewrite these papers in light of the latest scholarship throughout the world. But I’m afraid that it would Become too bulky a volume. I didn’t wish to publish anything too larhe in size, so I restricted my citations of the latest studies to minimum. In fact, I omitted many important worksin orders to summarize my papers. I hope they will be reffered to in the development of discussion.
I visited the Valley of Kathmandu for the first time in 1985 to research the Newer Buddhist Manuscripts. Everything that I saw there fascinated me at once. I was surprised by their festivals, manners and customs, and especially their Buddhist rituals. Many questions rushed at me one after another. I asked my self,”what is the real aim of their performance?” My papers were produced to help me arrive at my own answers, although some questions remains insoluble. I know that my papers are lacking in certain consideration, and I alone am responsible for any error of fact, interpreatation, or omission. I believe that they will make good their arrangements. I will be happy if my struggle to interpret the Newer Buddhish rituals is any help in baering fresh fruit.
My fieldwork in Valley was carried out from Febuary 1985 to Januray 1989. Of these four years, two years were supported by educational Ministry of Japan. Since then, I’ve had some subsequent opportunities to revisit the Valley. During my stay in the Valley, I was lucky enough to ask for a lot of invaluable to ask for a lot of invaluable advice from Gurus and friends of the Newers. I couldn’t make up my mind in grappling with my questions about Newer Buddhism without their support. I would also like to thank the late Pandit Asa Kaji Vajracarya, the late Ratna kaji Vajracayra, and the late Prem bahadur Kansakar for their expert help. They talked to me as if I were their real son, and they taught me repeatedly the importance of studying Newer Buddhism and its cultural heritage. I pray whole-heartedly for the repose of their souls.
Guru Yajnaman pati Vajracayra and Dr. Bhadara ratna Vajracayra gave me good counsels for my research, when I visited the Valley in 2011. Dr. Shankar Thapa kindly showed me his academic achievements on Buddhist Sanskrit Literature of Nepal. He also recommended my am most grateful to them for their kind advice to publish this book. Finally, I express my hearty thanks to Mr. Iain Sinclair. He corrected my English, and he Gave me many suggestions. I cannot thank him too much. But it is impossible even for him to correct all of my poor English. Readers are still required to perceive what I meant.
Preface | |||
Part 1: | Overview: Mandala, Stupa and Human Body in Newer Buddhism | 1 | |
Part 2: | |||
1 | The Construction of Caityas in Newer Buddhism | 15 | |
2 | Eyes of 3,400 Caityas in the Kathmandy Valley | 17 | |
3 | Kalasa-puja and the art realted to it in Nepal | 20 | |
4 | The Kathmandu Valley in a Water Pot | 21 | |
5 | Basa Layegu, or the Dhvajaropana Rite in Newer Buddhism | 24 | |
6 | Have you ever seen the Buddha? | 26 | |
7 | A Comment on Vajracarayas in Newer Buddhism | 28 | |
8 | The Etymology of "O-bon" or "Ulambana" | 30 | |
9 | The Inlaid Kalasa of the Nepalese Strupas/ Caityas and its Symbolism of the Akanistha- Bhuwana Heaven | 31 | |
10 | Baha and Bahi- the two types Newer Buddhist monastery | 35 | |
11 | Vajracarya, Vajrasattva and Vajradhara in Newer Buddhism | 38 | |
12 | Living Goddess Kumari and the Buddha Sakyamuni's Mother Maya Devi | 42 | |
13 | "Impregnation" and "Birth" of a Deity in the Newer Buddhist Ritual | 44 | |
14 | A Buddha Reflected in the Newer Buddhist Ritual Mirror | 47 | |
15 | The Vajracarya as Monk in Newer Buddhism | 50 | |
16 | Vasuki and Karkotaka : Nagrajas in Newer Buddhism | 52 | |
17 | Gurumandala-puja in Newer Buddhism | 54 | |
18 | The Water Pot as a Mandala in the Kathmandu Valley | 57 | |
19 | The Water Pot as " Himalya", one of the two upachandodhas in Samvara Tantrism | 59 | |
20 | On the Mural Painting executed around a doorway of the Newer Private House | 63 | |
21 | On "Sithro-bhava-vakya" in the Modern Newer Buddhism | 66 | |
22 | Virupaksa and Khagana in the Kathmandu Valley | 68 | |
23 | Annual Rituals at Svayambhu Mahacaitya of Nepal | 71 | |
24 | Vanratna in Nepal | 75 | |
25 | The Human Body Newer Tantric Buddhism | 78 | |
26 | Yogambara Tantrism in Newer Buddhism | 85 | |
27 | On the Economic Status of Modern Newer Buddhist Monasteries | 88 | |
28 | The Men who went to Tibet and the Women they left Behind in Nepal: from Aniko and his Nepalese wife to "Munna-Madan" | 90 | |
29 | On the Tibetan transaltion of the "Svayambhu-purana" | 94 | |
30 | The Nepalese Caitya Game of Karma | 96 | |
31 | From Sadhna to Possession in Newer Buddhism | 99 | |
32 | Tibetan Buddhist Painting Bearing Newari Inscriptions | 104 | |
33 | Newer Buddhist Manuscripts copied in Modern Tibet (Palas): from the Collection of Asha Archeives, Kathmandu, Nepal | 108 | |
34 | Vajracaryas in the Newer Merchant Associations in Tibet (Palas):based on the Cittadhar Hridaya's "Mim manah Pau" | 111 | |
35 | The Newer Buddhist Manuscripts copied by Ratna munni Vajracarya in Lhasa, Tibet | 114 | |
36 | Srimanta deva Vajracarya and Buddha Aksobhya for the Lhasa Newers | 116 | |
37 | The Newer Buddhist Manuscripts Copied by Pandit Ratna bahadur Vajracarya | 119 | |
38 | The Men who returned to Nepal and the Women left behind in Tibet | 120 | |
39 | Paubha or Thanka?: Buddhist Paintings sponsered by the Newers in Tibet | 121 | |
40 | A Newer Buddhist Manuscript donated by the Money-lender Dhamju Vajracrya | 122 | |
41 | Newer Buddhist Material in the Collection of Kawaguchi Ekai in Tohoku University | 123 | |
42 | Newer Scribes and Donors of the Sanskrit Manuscript in the Tokyo University Library: Twenty Five cases | 124 | |
43 | Rev. Kawaguchi Ekai and Dr. Kul man in Nepal | 126 | |
Part 3: | A Perspective on the study of Newer Buddhism | 131 | |
Part 4: | Miscellanea | ||
1 | A Preface to "Books on Nepalese Buddhism and Culture in Kurokami Library, Japan- collected from A.D. 1985 to 1993" | 139 | |
2 | Invitation to a Newer Feast | 140 | |
3 | Indra Jatra | 142 | |
4 | At Midnight Cremation Ground | 145 | |
5 | Dipankara Buddhas walking around the Kathmandu Valley | 147 | |
6 | A New Aspects to Mandela | 153 | |
7 | The Painting of Laskadyo Baha in Bhaktapur in the Dispersed | 154 | |
Abbrevation & Reference | 157 | ||