A Buddhist Theory of Semiotics: Signs, Ontology, and Salvation in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism Rambelli FabioPaperback
A Buddhist Theory of Semiotics: Signs, Ontology, and Salvation in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism Rambelli FabioPaperback One of the first attempts ever to present in a systematic way a non-western…
Specifikacia A Buddhist Theory of Semiotics: Signs, Ontology, and Salvation in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism Rambelli FabioPaperback
A Buddhist Theory of Semiotics: Signs, Ontology, and Salvation in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism Rambelli FabioPaperback
One of the first attempts ever to present in a systematic way a non-western semiotic system. It is a unique introduction to important aspects of the thought and rituals of the Japanese Shingon tradition.Semiotic concerns are deeply ingrained in the Buddhist intellectual and religious discourse, beginning with the idea that the world is not what it appears to be, which calls for a more accurate understanding of the self and reality. This book looks at Japanese esoteric Buddhism and is based around original texts, informed by explicit and rigorous semiotic categories.
Thus, for Buddhism, semiotics is directly relevant to salvation; this is a key point that is This in turn results in sustained discussions on the status of language and representations, and on the possibility and methods to know reality beyond delusion; such peculiar knowledge is explicitly defined as enlightenment.