[Buddha-l] An Elucidation of Kukai's 'World-Text'

[Joushin]

Can someone elucidate with regards to how Kukai held that all phenomena were 'letters' in a 'world-text'? 

http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=Vajrayana 

Perhaps with iconographic images? Scholarly references? Suggested reading? Links to Japanese sites? Manga? I read Japanese so I can fiddle with it. How would 'world-text' as Buddhist terminology be translated to Japanese?  [ I sure hope it's not ワールドテクスト ] ;-). 　

This same description is found no matter where/how I search. At least with my search skills. 

"Kukai held, along with the Hua-yen (Jp. Kegon) school that all phenomena were 'letters' in a 'world-text'. Mantra, mudra, and mandala are special because they constitute the 'language' through which the Dharmakaya (ie Reality itself) communicates. Although portrayed through the use of anthropomorphic metaphors." 
   
  Joushin
 


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