Les mandalas du bouddhisme ésotérique au Japon : le mandala de la Matrice et le mandala du Plan du Diamant

Remarque: les définitions données pour les termes bouddhiques sont pour l'essentiel tirées du Digital Dictionary of Buddhism, de Tajima 1959 et Yamasaki 1988.

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