Michelle C. Wang, Ph.D. (Harvard, 2008), is Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Georgetown University. A specialist in medieval Chinese art, her publications have addressed Buddhist maṇḍalas, Dunhuang painting, and art of the Silk Road.

• ContentsAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsAbbreviations and ConventionsIntroductionRecentering Buddhism at DunhuangThe Shingon ImpactMaṇḍalas in the MakingOverview of Chapters1 From Dhāraṇī to MaṇḍalaDhāraṇī Pillars in Medieval ChinaMaṇḍalas and AltarsVisualizing the Maṇḍala2 The Crowned Buddha and Narratives of EnlightenmentThe Cult of Vairocana in Early TibetThe Crowned BuddhaNetworks of TransmissionStylistic Bilingualism in Images of VairocanaThe Eight Bodhisattvas3 Maṇḍalas and Historical MemoryMogao Cave 156 and the Victory of Zhang YichaoThe Cult of Avalokiteśvara at DunhuangThe Maṇḍala of Eight Great Bodhisattvas in the Guiyijun PeriodAmoghavajra and the Vajradhātu MaṇḍalaMaṇḍalas and Ritual Space4 Maṇḍalas, Repentance, and VisionThe Vajra Realm in Ritual Manuals from DunhuangThe Five Buddhas and Repentance Altars5 Beyond the MaṇḍalaBodhisattvas and RepentanceThe Kalyāṇamitras as Embodied ExperienceThe Vows of SamantabhadraThe Ascent to the Dharma RealmEpilogueBibliographyIndex

Michelle C. Wang, Ph.D. (Harvard, 2008), is Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Georgetown University. A specialist in medieval Chinese art, her publications have addressed Buddhist maṇḍalas, Dunhuang painting, and art of the Silk Road.

• ContentsAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsAbbreviations and ConventionsIntroductionRecentering Buddhism at DunhuangThe Shingon ImpactMaṇḍalas in the MakingOverview of Chapters1 From Dhāraṇī to MaṇḍalaDhāraṇī Pillars in Medieval ChinaMaṇḍalas and AltarsVisualizing the Maṇḍala2 The Crowned Buddha and Narratives of EnlightenmentThe Cult of Vairocana in Early TibetThe Crowned BuddhaNetworks of TransmissionStylistic Bilingualism in Images of VairocanaThe Eight Bodhisattvas3 Maṇḍalas and Historical MemoryMogao Cave 156 and the Victory of Zhang YichaoThe Cult of Avalokiteśvara at DunhuangThe Maṇḍala of Eight Great Bodhisattvas in the Guiyijun PeriodAmoghavajra and the Vajradhātu MaṇḍalaMaṇḍalas and Ritual Space4 Maṇḍalas, Repentance, and VisionThe Vajra Realm in Ritual Manuals from DunhuangThe Five Buddhas and Repentance Altars5 Beyond the MaṇḍalaBodhisattvas and RepentanceThe Kalyāṇamitras as Embodied ExperienceThe Vows of SamantabhadraThe Ascent to the Dharma RealmEpilogueBibliographyIndex

Michelle C. Wang, Ph.D. (Harvard, 2008), is Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Georgetown University. A specialist in medieval Chinese art, her publications have addressed Buddhist maṇḍalas, Dunhuang painting, and art of the Silk Road.

• ContentsAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsAbbreviations and ConventionsIntroductionRecentering Buddhism at DunhuangThe Shingon ImpactMaṇḍalas in the MakingOverview of Chapters1 From Dhāraṇī to MaṇḍalaDhāraṇī Pillars in Medieval ChinaMaṇḍalas and AltarsVisualizing the Maṇḍala2 The Crowned Buddha and Narratives of EnlightenmentThe Cult of Vairocana in Early TibetThe Crowned BuddhaNetworks of TransmissionStylistic Bilingualism in Images of VairocanaThe Eight Bodhisattvas3 Maṇḍalas and Historical MemoryMogao Cave 156 and the Victory of Zhang YichaoThe Cult of Avalokiteśvara at DunhuangThe Maṇḍala of Eight Great Bodhisattvas in the Guiyijun PeriodAmoghavajra and the Vajradhātu MaṇḍalaMaṇḍalas and Ritual Space4 Maṇḍalas, Repentance, and VisionThe Vajra Realm in Ritual Manuals from DunhuangThe Five Buddhas and Repentance Altars5 Beyond the MaṇḍalaBodhisattvas and RepentanceThe Kalyāṇamitras as Embodied ExperienceThe Vows of SamantabhadraThe Ascent to the Dharma RealmEpilogueBibliographyIndex