Chapter I: Restoration


How it all started


  1. A.Condition


1. Situational assessment

2. Original montage

3. Weaving and painting techniques

4. New restoration processes


  1. B.Restoration Work


1. Provisional fixing

2. Dry cleaning

3. Wet cleaning

4. Light tube

5. Facing with silk glue

6. Smoothing the creases

7. Removing old glue residues

8. Paste

9. Mending

10. New border

11. Paper

12. New life layer

13. Underpinning wrinkles and creases

14. Overall backing

15. Detaching the mandala

16. Stretching the mandala

17. Retouching


  1. C.Completion


1. Montage

2. Framing


Contents

Chapter II: Origin


A. The Development of Buddhism


1. Prince Siddhārtha

2. The essence of Buddha‘s teachings

3. The Tripiṭaka

4. The dissemination of Buddhism 

5. Two important developments

6. Northern and southern routes of dissemination

7. Blossoming in China

8. Sūtra translations

9. Contact between Japan and China


B. The Teachings of the Pure Land


1. Buddha Amitābha

2. The fundamental sūtras

3. Historical development

4. Founding personalities


C. The Cradle of the Taima-Mandala


1. Pictorial translation of the fundamental sūtras

2. The oasis town of Dun-huang and the caves of Mo-gao

3. Textile art under the Tang Dynasty

4. Flowering of sacral art

5. Taima-Mandalas in and outside of Japan


Chapter III: Description of the Picture


Pictorial structure of the Taima-Mandala 


Stage A. The Saga of Prince Ajātaśatru


The background story


Act 1: The imprisonment of King

Act 2: The Queen in misery

Act 3: Glad tidings


Stage B. Thirteen deeply contemplative Visualisations


Instruction 1: Leading into silence

Instruction 2: Journey through the Pure Land

Instruction 3: Meeting the Three Holy Ones

Instruction 4: Experiencing the Pure Land


Stage C. Three contemplations of rebirth


a. Three contemplations

b. Success, naming and dissemination of the sūtra


  1. D.Middle Hall


1. Lotus pond

2. Floor

3. Jewel tree

4. Palace

5. Three Holy Ones

6. Sky


Final Concert


Time to bid farewell

Welcome


Introduction


Presentation


Contents


About the author


Order


Impressum


Activities


Review

Buddha’s Brush, Buddha’s Paste

Rebirth of a Taima-Mandala

Restoration and Origin