Yoritomi, M.

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Authors of English Works • Professors

Motohiro Yoritomi

English Phonetics	Motohiro Yoritomi
Sort Name	Yoritomi, Motohiro

Dates

Birth:	1945
Death:	2015

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

Day
Month
Gender
Element
Animal
Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

Day
Month
Gender
Element
Animal
Rab Jyung

About

Primary Affiliation (Workplace)

Shuchin University, Kyoto, Japan

Biographical Information

Dr. Prof. Motohiro Yoritomi, Head of the Department of Buddhism and Chairman of Shuchin University, Kyoto, Japan, wass the author of Historical Development of Pancatathagatas and Kukai's Shingon Buddhism in Japanese and the editor of Iconographic Dictionary of Tantric Buddhism in India and Japan. [(https://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/buddhism-in-india-and-abroad-integrating-influence-in-vedic-and-post-vedic-perspective-IDF407/ Source Accessed Jan 28, 2021])

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The esoteric Buddhist tradition which developed as a syncretic system involving deity worship, use of mantras, physical energy, and mystical practices. It is also known as the mantra tradition and the tantric school as a result of being based on texts known as tantras.