Why is Kukai recommended on this reading guide
>>24090798No idea but this list should have Cordwainer Smith
>>24090850Not really
>>24090798Kukai has a lot to say about the nature of speech in mantra, the written word, and the use of imagery to enlighten, as well as a bodily-located experience of enlightenment. I'm not entirely sure why they would have Kukai in this, but it either relates to that or "woah esoteric Buddhism, Japan.">t. Shingon Buddhist
>>24090957I'm sort of interested in this stuff and ways people try to communicate the ineffable through different kinds of language use. What should I read to get into the areas you mentioned?
>>24091622I recommend at least having some grounding in Huayan, as that is a major component of Kukai's work. There's less literature on Shingon than, say, Zen. But that is changing. Here's some recommendations.>Kukai: Major Works>Icons and Iconoclasm in Japanese Buddhism>Shingon Buddhism: Theory and Practice>Kukai on the Philosophy of Language>Kukai: Japan's First Vajrayana Visionary>The Matrix and Diamond Mandalas in Shingon Buddhism>The Weaving of Mantra>A Buddhist Theory of Semiotics
>>24093439thanks, I'll check these out. I lived at the foot of Mt. Koya for a couple years so I heard a lot about Kukai but haven't read any of his stuff. I appreciate the recs.
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>>24090798Not really related, but where can i found more about the lainpill? the concept seems very interesting
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>>24090798lain is my waifu
