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Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung |
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Document Type: | Article |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Shaman Hatley; David B Gray |
ISBN: | 9780199763696 0199763690 9780199763689 0199763682 |
OCLC Number: | 1104498223 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | ix, 375 Seiten : Illustrationen |
Contents: | Table of ContentsIntroduction: Tracing Tantric Traditions Through Time and SpaceDavid B. Gray and Ryan Richard OverbeyBuddhas, Siddhas, and Indian Masculine IdealsJohn PowersConverting the Dakini: Goddess Cults and Tantras of the Yoginis between Buddhism and SaivismShaman HatleyVajrayana Traditions in NepalTodd Lewis and Naresh Man BajracaryaHow Dharanis WERE Proto-Tantric: Liturgies, Ritual Manuals, and the Origins of the TantrasJacob DaltonThe Purification of Heruka: On the Transmission of a Controversial Buddhist Tradition to TibetDavid B. GrayVicissitudes of Text and Rite in the Great Peahen Queen of SpellsRyan Richard OverbeyThe Homa of the Northern DipperRichard K. PayneThe Tantric Teachings and Rituals of the True Buddha School: the Chinese transformation of Vajrayana BuddhismTAM Wai Lun |
Responsibility: | Hatley, Shaman. |
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Tantric Traditions in Transmission and Translation is an excellent collection of essays on Tantra across eras, religions, and cultures, each one touching on some important aspect of the state of the art in modern Tantric scholarship. A must-read to catch up with the latest findings about the deep and broad impact Tantric traditions have had on Asian civilizations, past and presentnow beginning to influence the West. * Robert A. F. Thurman, Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Columbia University * Read more...
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