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Secrets of the Sacred
Empowering Buddhist Images in Clear, in Code, and in Cache
Secrets of the Sacred illuminates the role of icons and relics in Buddhist writing and practice, with particular attention to the transformation of inanimate material images into potent icons animated by the divine. The earliest...
ISBN: 9780295990897
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Aniconic Symbolism in Buddhist Art
"Published a quarter-century ago, Dietrich Seckel's essay remains a vital contribution to a much-debated feature of Buddhist art, its aniconism, its aversion to depicting spiritual entities of the very highest order. Unlike Judaism, early Christianity,...
ISBN: 9783907077139
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