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Empty Vision Metaphor and Visionary Imagery in Mahayana Buddhism

Author/creator	McMahan, David L. Author
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Routledge [Imprint] Abingdon : Taylor & Francis Group Florence : Taylor & Francis Group [Distributor]
Description	240 p. 08.500 x 05.500 in.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Mahayana Buddhism Imagination Metaphor

Series	Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism Ser.
Summary	Annotation Visual metaphors in a number of Mahayana sutras construct a discourse in which visual perception serves as a model for knowledge and enlightenment. In the Perfection of Wisdom (Prajnaparamita) and other Mahayana literature, immediate access to reality is symbolized by vision and set in opposition to language and conceptual thinking, which are construed as obscuring reality. In addition to its philosophical manifestations, the tension between vision and language also functioned as a strategy of legitimation in the struggle of the early heterodox Mahayana movement for authority and legitimacy. This emphasis on vision also served as a resource for the abundant mythical imagery in Mahayana sutras, imagery that is ritualized in Vajrayana visualization practices. McMahan brings a wide range of literature to bear on this issue, Including a rare analysis of the lavish imagery of the Gandavyuha Sutra in its Indian context. He concludes with a discussion of Indian approaches to visuality in the light of some recent discussions of "ocularcentrism" in the west, inviting scholars to expand the current discussion of vision and its roles in constructing epistemic systems and cultural practices beyond its exclusively European and American focus.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
ISBN	9780700714896
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