Thinking Through Shingon Ritual

By Robert H. Sharf

Online pdf

46 pages

Is it even fair to ask what tantric rituals mean? Or are rituals what create meaning?

Published in 2003 in The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies.

Bibtex Data

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    title={{T}hinking {T}hrough {S}hingon {R}itual},
    author={Robert H. Sharf},
    year=2003,
    journal={The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies},
    volume=26,
    number=1,
    pages={51--96},
    keywords={tantric, religion, japanese, shingon},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/jiabs/article/view/8931/2824}
}

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