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The Kathmandu Valley as a Water Pot

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Yoshizaki, Kazumi (吉崎一美):
The Kathmandu Valley as a Water Pot : Abstracts of Research Papers on Newar Buddhism in Nepal / Kazumi Yoshizaki. - Kathmandu : Vajra Publications, 2012. - ix, 171 S.
ISBN 978-9937-506-74-8 / 9937-506-74-3
US$ 12,95 (Vajra Books)
DDC: 294.3095496

Beschreibung
This book is a collection of abstracts of my papers on Newar Buddhism in Nepal, which I have published over these past 25 years. I am aware that it would be desirable to completely rewrite these papers in light of the latest scholarship throughout the world. But I'm afraid that it would become too bulky a volume. I didn't wish to publish anything too large in size, so I restricted my citations of the latest studies to a minimum. In fact, I omitted many important works in order to summarize my papers. I hope they will be referred to in the development of discussion.
   I visited the Valley of Kathmandu for the first time in 1985 to research the Newar Buddhist manuscripts. Everything that I saw there fascinated me at once. I was surprised by their festivals, manners and customs, and especially their Buddhist rituals. Many questions rushed at me one after another. I asked myself, "what is the real aim of their performances ?" My papers were produced to help me arrive at my own answers, although some questions remain insoluble. I know that my papers are lacking in certain considerations, and I alone am responsible for any errors of fact, interpretation, or omission. I believe that they will be corrected through discussions with my friends in Nepal and other countries. They will make good their arguments. I will be happy if my struggle to interpret the Newar Buddhist rituals is any help in bearing fresh fruit. [Kazumi Yoshizaki]

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Inhalt
Preface
Part 1: Overview：Mandala, Stupa and Human Body in Newar Buddhism
Part 2
1. The Construction of Caityas in Newar Buddhism
2. Eyes of 3,400 Caityas in the Kathmandu Valley
3. Kalasa-puja and the art related to it in Nepal
4. The Kathmandu Valley in a Water Pot
5. Basa Layegu, or the Dhvajavaropana Rite in Newar Buddhism
6. Have you ever seen the Buddha ?
7. A Comment on Vajracaryas in Newar Buddhism
8. The Etymology of "O-bon" or "Ulambana"
9. The inlaid Kalasa of the Nepalese Stupas / Caityas and its Symbolism of the AkanisthaBhuvana Heaven
10. Baha and Bahi - the two types of Newar Buddhist monastery
11. Vajracarya, Vajrasattva and Vajradhara in Newar Buddhism
12. Living Goddess Kumari and the Buddha Sakyamuni's Mother Maya Devi
13. "Impregnation" and "Birth" of a Deity in the Newar Buddhist Ritual
14. A Buddha Reflected in the Newar Buddhist Ritual Mirror
15. The Vajracarya as Monk in Newar Buddhism
16. Vasuki and Karkotaka：Nagarajas in Newar Buddhism
17. Gurumandala-puja in Newar Buddhism
18. The Water Pot as a Mandala in the Kathmandu Valley
19. The Kathmandu Valley as "Himalaya", one of the two Upachandohas in Samvara Tantrism
20. On the Mural Painting executed around a Doorway of the Newar Private House
21. On "Sthiro-bhava-vakya" in the Modern Newar Buddhism
22. Virupaksa and Khaganana in the Kathmandu Valley
23. Annual Rituals at Svayambhu Mahacaitya of Nepal
24. Vanaratna in Nepal
25. The Human Body in Newar Tantric Buddhism
26. Yogambara Tantrism in Newar Buddhism
27. On the Economic Status of Modern Newar Buddhist Monasteries
28. The Men who went to Tibet and the Women they left behind : from Aniko and his Nepalese Wife to "Muna-Madan"
29. On the Tibetan translation of the "Svayambhu-purana"
30. The Nepalese Caitya Game of Karma
31. From Sadhana to Possession in Newar Buddhism
32. Tibetan Buddhist Paintings bearing Newari Inscriptions
33. Newar Buddhist Manuscripts copied in Modern Tibet：from the Collection of Asha Archives, Kathmandu, Nepal
34. Vajracaryas in the Newar Merchant Associations in Tibet (Palas) : based on Cittadhar Hridaya's "Mim manah Pau"
35. The Newar Buddhist Manuscripts copied by Ratnamuni Vajracarya in Lhasa, Tibet
36. Srimantadeva Vajracarya and Buddha Aksobhya for the Lhasa Newars
Part 3: A Perspective on the study of Newar Buddhism
Part 4: Miscellanea
1. A Preface to "Books on Nepalese Buddhism and Culture in Kurokami Library, Japan - collected from A.D. 1985 to 1993"
2. Invitation to a Newar Feast
3. Indra Jatra
4. At the Midnight Cremation Ground
5. Dipankara Buddhas walking around the Kathmandu Valley
6. A New Aspect to Mandala
Selected Bibliography

Autor
Kazumi Yoshizaki (*1951) is an independent researcher into the Newar Buddhist rituals and the hand-written manuscripts in the Kathmandu Valley. He has now a particular interest in Newari colophons of manuscripts and Newari inscriptions of paintings to reconstruct the Newar Buddhist history. Homepage.

Quellen: Vajra Bookshop; Jinajik; WorldCat


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