Consecration Of Images And Stûpas In Indo Tibetan Tantric Buddhism

Author : Yael Bentor
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004644755

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Consecration of Images and Stûpas in Indo-Tibetan Tantric Buddhism by Yael Bentor Pdf

The present work is an investigation of the Indo-Tibetan ritual for consecrating images, stûpas, books and temples. It is based on a thorough examination of the relevant Tibetan textual material contained in Tantras, commentaries, ritual manuals and explanatory works on consecration. As rituals are meant to be performed, this textual study is combined with observations of performances and interviews with performers. The book opens with a general discussion of certain principles of tantric rituals and the foundations of Indo-Tibetan consecration. The main part focuses on a specific performance of the ritual in a Tibetan monastery located in the Kathmandu Valley. This volume contributes to the often neglected field of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist rituals. It is concerned with the sacred nature of objects for worship as well as with the main Buddhist tantric transformation into a chosen tantric Buddha.

Author : Yael Bentor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:638807544

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Consecration of Images and Stupas in Indo-Tibetan Tantric Buddhism by Yael Bentor Pdf

Author : Yael Bentor
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004105417

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Consecration of Images and Stūpas in Indo-Tibetan Tantric Buddhism by Yael Bentor Pdf

This study of the Indo-Tibetan ritual of rendering religious objects sacred concerns one of the fundamental Buddhist tantric processes of transformation into a chosen tantric Buddha. It provides a general discussion of the ritual as well as detailed analyses of each ritual step in the composite present-day consecration.

Author : Yael Bentor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Deg-lugs-pa (Sect)
ISBN : UVA:X002591508

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The Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Consecration Ritual for 'stûpas' Images, Books and Temples by Yael Bentor Pdf

Author : Donald K. Swearer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691216027

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Becoming the Buddha by Donald K. Swearer Pdf

Becoming the Buddha is the first book-length study of a key ritual of Buddhist practice in Asia: the consecration of a Buddha image or "new Buddha," a ceremony by which the Buddha becomes present or alive. Through a richly detailed, accessible exploration of this ritual in northern Thailand, an exploration that stands apart from standard text-based or anthropological approaches, Donald Swearer makes a major contribution to our understanding of the Buddha image, its role in Buddhist devotional life, and its relationship to the veneration of Buddha relics. Blending ethnography, analysis, and Buddhist texts related to this mimetic reenactment of the night of the Buddha's enlightenment, he demonstrates that the image becomes the Buddha's surrogate by being invested with the Buddha's story and charged with the extraordinary power of Buddhahood. The process by which this transformation occurs through chant, sermon, meditation, and the presence of charismatic monks is at the heart of this book. Known as "opening the eyes of the Buddha," image consecration traditions throughout Buddhist Asia share much in common. Within the cultural context of northern Thailand, Becoming the Buddha illuminates scriptural accounts of the making of the first Buddha image; looks at debates over the ritual's historical origin, at Buddhological insights achieved, and at the hermeneutics of absence and presence; and provides a thematic comparison of several Buddhist traditions.

Author : Robert H. Sharf,Elizabeth Horton Sharf
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 0804739897

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Living Images by Robert H. Sharf,Elizabeth Horton Sharf Pdf

The essays in this volume focus on the historical, institutional, and ritual context of a number of Japanese Buddhist paintings, sculptures, calligraphies, and relics?some celebrated, others long overlooked.

Author : Donald S. Lopez
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0226493113

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Prisoners of Shangri-La by Donald S. Lopez Pdf

Lopez finds that even as Tibet's romance is invoked by exiled lamas, it ultimately imprisons those who seek the goal of Tibetan independence from Chinese occupation.

Author : Tanya Zivkovic
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134593699

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Death and Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism by Tanya Zivkovic Pdf

Contextualising the seemingly esoteric and exotic aspects of Tibetan Buddhist culture within the everyday, embodied and sensual sphere of religious praxis, this book centres on the social and religious lives of deceased Tibetan Buddhist lamas. It explores how posterior forms – corpses, relics, reincarnations and hagiographical representations – extend a lama’s trajectory of lives and manipulate biological imperatives of birth and death. The book looks closely at previously unexamined figures whose history is relevant to a better understanding of how Tibetan culture navigates its own understanding of reincarnation, the veneration of relics and different social roles of different types of practitioners. It analyses both the minutiae of everyday interrelations between lamas and their devotees, specifically noted in ritual performances and the enactment of lived tradition, and the sacred hagiographical conventions that underpin local knowledge. A phenomenology of Tibetan Buddhist life, the book provides an ethnography of the everyday embodiment of Tibetan Buddhism. This unusual approach offers a valuable and a genuine new perspective on Tibetan Buddhist culture and is of interest to researchers in the fields of social/cultural anthropology and religious, Buddhist and Tibetan studies.

Author : James Duncan Gentry
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004335042

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Power Objects in Tibetan Buddhism by James Duncan Gentry Pdf

In Power Objects in Tibetan Buddhism: The Life, Writings, and Legacy of Sokdokpa Lodrö Gyeltsen, James Duncan Gentry explores how objects of power figure in Tibetan Buddhist societies through a study of the life of Sokdokpa Lodrö Gyeltsen (1552–1624).

Author : Edward A. Arnold
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781559393300

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As Long as Space Endures by Edward A. Arnold Pdf

The Kalacakra Tantra (Kalacakra means "wheel of time") is a tradition of Buddhist theory and practice whose root text treats a fantastic expanse of knowledge ranging from observations of the cosmos to investigations of meditative states and vital bodily energies. In the Tibetan-speaking world, a public Kalacakra initiation remains the most sought-after event in the life of a devout Buddhist. The Fourteenth Dalai Lama has long had a strong connection with the Kalacakra Tantra; he brought the initiation to the West in 1981, performing it in the United States, Switzerland, Spain, and Australia. This volume has been created to celebrate his long involvement with the Kalacakra teachings. The twenty-five contributors, scholars who have made tantric studies their specialty, have contributed translations of works by great Indian and Tibetan Kalacakra masters, analyses of historical figures, methods of practice, essays on medicine ritual expertise, and ethical discipline. The collection also includes practical advice for Western students and practitioners from contemporary Tibetan Kalacakra masters.

Author : Damien Keown,Charles S. Prebish
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 953 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781136985881

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Encyclopedia of Buddhism by Damien Keown,Charles S. Prebish Pdf

Reflects the current state of scholarship in Buddhist Studies, its entries being written by specialists in many areas, presenting an accurate overview of Buddhist history, thought and practices, most entries having cross-referencing to others and bibliographical references. Contain around 1000 pages and 500,000 words, totalling around 1200 entries.

Author : Charles Orzech,Henrik Sørensen,Richard Payne
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1223 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004184916

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Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia by Charles Orzech,Henrik Sørensen,Richard Payne Pdf

This volume, the result of an international collaboration of forty scholars, provides a comprehensive resource on Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in their Chinese, Korean, and Japanese contexts from the first few centuries of the common era to the present.

Author : Carl Olson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781538130247

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Historical Dictionary of Buddhism by Carl Olson Pdf

Moving beyond the original bodhi tree where the historical Buddha attained enlightenment, Buddhism spread throughout Asia and in more recent history has become ubiquitous in America and other Western nations as it marches into the status of a major global religion. During its history westward, it has changed, adapted to new cultures, and offered spiritual help to those looking for answers to the problems of life. Buddhism is studied in institutions of higher education, practice by many people worldwide, and its literature is translated in numerous languages. Historical Dictionary of Buddhism, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 900 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as complex theological concepts, significant practices, and basic writings and texts. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Buddhism.

Author : Carl Olson
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780810870734

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The A to Z of Buddhism by Carl Olson Pdf

In the early 21st century, Buddhism has become ubiquitous in America and other western nations, moving beyond the original bodhi tree in India to become a major global religion. During its journey westward, it has changed, adapted to new cultures, and offered spiritual help to many people looking for answers to the problems of life. It is being studied in institutions of higher education, being practice by many people, and having its literature translated and published. The A to Z of Buddhism covers and clarifies Buddhist concepts, significant figures, movements, schools, places, activities, and periods. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 700 cross-referenced dictionary entries.

Author : John S. Strong
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691188119

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Relics of the Buddha by John S. Strong Pdf

Buddhism is popularly seen as a religion stressing the truth of impermanence. How, then, to account for the long-standing veneration, in Asian Buddhist communities, of bone fragments, hair, teeth, and other bodily bits said to come from the historic Buddha? Early European and American scholars of religion, influenced by a characteristic Protestant bias against relic worship, declared such practices to be superstitious and fraudulent, and far from the true essence of Buddhism. John Strong's book, by contrast, argues that relic veneration has played a serious and integral role in Buddhist traditions in South and Southeast Asia-and that it is in no way foreign to Buddhism. The book is structured around the life story of the Buddha, starting with traditions about relics of previous buddhas and relics from the past lives of the Buddha Sakyamuni. It then considers the death of the Buddha, the collection of his bodily relics after his cremation, and stories of their spread to different parts of Asia. The book ends with a consideration of the legend of the future parinirvana (extinction) of the relics prior to the advent of the next Buddha, Maitreya. Throughout, the author does not hesitate to explore the many versions of these legends and to relate them to their ritual, doctrinal, artistic, and social contexts.