1992 CO. Discovered 1992 Feb. 12 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato.Named for Kouboudaishi Kukai (774–835), Buddhist priest who was born in Zentsugi on Shikoku {see planet (4223)} Island. He went to China to stuSpringer Berlin HeidelbergDictionary of Minor Planet Names...
Kukai is also the name of a famous Japanese Buddhist monk. 666 imprinted on Jr.'s palm.666 is the number of the Beast (also called the Anti-Christ), a seven-headed emissary of the Devil in the Book of Revelation. Alongside his power of the Red Dragon, Jr. is set up as a demonic...
It is grounded in the experience of meditation as well as the esoteric Buddhist teaching of muge, the mutual interpenetration and non-obstruction of all things. It is a doctrine central to esotericism but also has roots in prajnaparamita ("perfection of wisdom") literature, important to many ...
The arrival of Buddhism in China followed the first contacts between China and Central Asia which occurred with the opening of the Silk Road in the 2nd century BCE. Chinese murals in the Tarim Basin city of Dunhuang describe the Emperor Han Wudi (156-87 BCE) worshipping Buddhist statues, “...
Abé, Ryuichi. The Weaving of Mantra: Kukai and the Construc-tion of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse. New York: Columbia Uni-versity Press, 1999. Bielefeldt, Carl.Art in; Japan- ese Royal Family and Buddhism; Kamakura Bud- dhism, Japan; Mahayana Preceptsin Japan; Meiji Buddhist Ref...
Problematic is the nature of man-buddha union from the perspective of bodhicitta of which Mahavairocana is not only functionally inclusive, but which Mahavairocana also perceives.;Shingon Buddhist practitioners accomplish bodhicitta cultivation through employment of meditations and rituals including ...
It is grounded in the experience of meditation as well as the esoteric Buddhist teaching of muge, the mutual interpenetration and non-obstruction of all things. It is a doctrine central to esotericism but also has roots in prajnaparamita ("perfection of wisdom") literature, important to many ...
XIAN, China--A young Buddhist monk crossed the sea to China as a member of a Japanese mission...Yoshida, Kenichi