LUSB 208 – ABHIJÑĀ / SUPERKNOWLEDGE
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LUSB 208 – ABHIJÑĀ / SUPERKNOWLEDGE

Primary Reading

“The Precious Key to the Secret Treasury” (秘蔵寶鑰 Hizō hōyaku) in: Kūkai: Major Works, translated, with an account of his life and a study of his thought, by Yoshito S. Hakeda (New York: Columbia University Press), pp. 157-224.

Suggested Reading

Shaner, David Edward. The Body-Mind Experience in Japanese Buddhism: A Phenomenological Study of Kukai and Dogen. Albany; State University of New York Press, 1985

SYLLABUS

☸️Four Fearlessnesses ☸️Ten Knowledge Powers / Jñāna-bala ☸️18 Special Attributes☸️Eight Sets of Eight ☸️Alaṃkāraka / Adornments