The Esoteric Iconography of Japanese Mandalas

The immense reches of the Esoteric Iconography of Japanese Budhism are illustrated in this volume in all its fullness and clarity of detail. It is an indispensable work for the understanding and appreciation of Indo-Asian Art, particularly for those interested in its Buddhist expression, and its unexplored inter-disciplinary potentialities. This is the first book in English on the Consmographic Art of Japan as represented by mandalas. The mandalas or psycho-cosmograms reached Japan through great Indian teachers like Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra and Subhakara-simha. The Japanese Twin Mandalas represent innate Reason and primal Enlightenment, harmonizing in Compassion and Dynamis. Herein the sadhaka indentifies himself with the forces that govern the universe, and collects their thaumaturgical powers within himself. The Light that burns within spreads out and is diffused, guiding towards noble paths. As pointed oout above, the iconography pertains to the Twin Mandalas of the Mahakaruna