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Author : Krishna Ghosh Della Santina
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X030158379
"Tibetan buddhism, religion, philosophy, Tantric Buddhism."
Author : Carl Yamamoto
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004230101
This book offers the first in-depth examination of the life and writings of Lama Zhang (1122-1193), key figure in the "Tibetan renaissance." Controversial, larger-than-life, already revered as a literary innovator and tantric meditation master, Zhang entered public life in mid-career and forged a new model of rulership and religious community that would set the standard for later religious rulers of Lhasa—most notably the Dalai Lamas. The focus of the model was the tantric hermit who comes down from the mountains and sustains a worldly community through his mastery of space, time, and symbol. The subject is approached through a complex of related issues: lineage and tradition-formation, charisma and hegemony, literary genre, textual economy, and the politics of tantra.
Author : His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama
Publisher : Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789380359540
The teachings of the Buddha can be summarised as dealing with conduct and view. Conduct refers to the way we should behave, which is essentially to be non-violence. The Buddha counseled us to help each other if we can, and if we cannot at least to avoid doing one another harm. View refers to the way we understand how things exist. The Buddha explained that nothing exists of its own accord in isolation. Everything exists in dependence on something else, the result of a variety of causes and conditions. His Holiness was requested to compose A Tantric Meditation to give an opportunity to people seriously interested in finding out about the practice of tantra the opportunity to do so without the necessity of receiving prior empowerment. Consequently, it includes a simple process of visualization, recitation of the traditional seven branch rite, recitation of mantras and dissolution of the visualised meditational deities into emptiness. If it is performed with faith, this meditation can be a source of great mental purification and merit but whether you do so or not is entirely up to the individual. If the teachings of the Buddha are to help us make spiritual progress it is also most important that we familiarise ourselves with them regularly, either by listening to them or by reading.
Author : International Association for Tibetan Studies. Seminar
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004176003
Monasteries have been the locus classicus of the academic investigation of Tibetan religions. This volume seeks to balance this emphasis with an exploration of the diverse religious specialists who operate outside of the monastery in Tibet and along the Himalayan belt. The articles collected here depict Tantric professionals, visionaries, village lamas, spirit mediums, and female religious leaders whose loyalties reside in the noncelibate sphere but whose activities have had a significant impact on Tibetan religion. Using methodologies drawn from anthropological and textual scholarship, these seven essays bolster our understanding of religious practices and their performers beyond the monasteries of Central and Eastern Tibet, Bhutan, and India from historical times to the present day.
Author : Garma C. C. Chang
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780486166766
Concise guide describes the art of spiritualizing one's sexuality and offers efficient methods for transmuting fear and attachment into love and universal power. Step-by-step instructions demonstrate how to perform traditional yoga exercises.
Author : Reginald A. Ray
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002-07-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781570629174
An entrée into the world of Tantric Buddhism—a unique collection of texts, concepts, and meditation practices presented by Tibetan masters teaching in the West The “Vajra World” (vajradhatu in Sanskrit) is a realm of indestructibility, the level of reality beyond all thought and imagination, all impermanence and change, which a fully realized person knows and inhabits. Used metaphorically, “Vajra World” refers to the traditional culture of Tibet and the unique spirituality that is its secret strength. Secret of the Vajra World is the companion volume to the author’s earlier book, Indestructible Truth: The Living Spirituality of Tibetan Buddhism. While that book focuses on the history, cosmology, philosophy, and practice of the more public, exoteric side of Tibetan Buddhism, this work treats its more hidden and esoteric aspects as they take shape in Vajrayana. Together, the two volumes provide a broad introduction to the major traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Topics include: • The tantric view of human nature and the external world • The special role of the guru, or tantric mentor • The preliminary practices that prepare the student for full initiation • The major dimensions of Vajrayana practice, including visualizations, liturgies, and inner yogas • The tradition of the tulku, or incarnate lama • The lore surrounding the death of ordinary people and of saints • The practice of solitary retreat, the epitome of traditional Tibetan Buddhism
Author : ʼGyur-med-tshe-dbaṅ-mchog-grub (Dge-rtse Paṇḍita),Herbert V. Guenther
Publisher : Wisdom Publications
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0932156037
Author : Thondup (Tulku.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : IND:30000042752075
Author : Osho
Publisher : Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8128803891
Author : David Kinsley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520917729
The Hindu pantheon is rich in images of the divine feminine—deities representing a wide range of symbolic, social, and meditative meanings. David Kinsley's new book documents a highly unusual group of ten Hindu tantric goddesses, the Mahavidyas, many of whom are strongly associated with sexuality and violence. What is one to make of a goddess who cuts her own head off, or one who prefers sex with a corpse? The Mahavidyas embody habits, attributes, or identities usually considered repulsive or socially subversive and can be viewed as "antimodels" for women. Yet it is within the context of tantric worship that devotees seek to identify themselves with these forbidding goddesses. The Mahavidyas seem to function as "awakeners"—symbols which help to project one's consciousness beyond the socially acceptable or predictable. Drawing on a broad range of Sanskrit and vernacular texts as well as extensive research in India, including written and oral interpretations of contemporary Hindu practitioners, Kinsley describes the unusual qualities of each of the Mahavidyas and traces the parallels between their underlying themes. Especially valuable are the many rare and fascinating images he presents—each important to grasping the significance of the goddesses. Written in an accessible, engaging style, Kinsley's book provides a comprehensive understanding of the Mahavidyas and is also an overview of Hindu tantric practice.
Author : Vesna Wallace
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2001-08-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780198028482
The Kalacakratantra, the latest and most comprehensive Buddhist Tantra available in its original Sanskrit, has never been the topic of a full scale scholarly study. This fascinating volume fills that gap, concentrating on the inner Kalackaratantra and discussing the nature of human beings.
Author : Chögyam Trungpa,Hayden Gallery
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Art, Buddhist
ISBN : STANFORD:36105031650398
Visual Dharma presents the tantric iconography of Tibetan Buddhism. People have heard of the existence of tantra and have even encountered its visual expressions, but tantra has remained only vaguely understood. By giving the straight-forward facts of the development and inspiration of Tibetan art, its methods and its social context, Visual Dharma dissipates the fog surrounding the tantric tradtion and leads to a perception of its genuine mystery. The symbolism of tantra is drawn from the wisdom of the awakened state of mind. The figures of its iconography are not deities in the ordinary sense, but aspects of transmuted ego.
Author : Kensur Lekden
Publisher : Snow Lion
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001-03-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X004527040
This book presents, with the intimate freshness of a personal teaching, the main practices of the Mahayana Buddhist path.
Author : Thubten Yeshe
Publisher : Wisdom Publications (MA)
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X002214204
No one has ever talked about tantra with such clarity, coherence and simplicity. Religious Studies Review
Author : Jinah Kim
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780520343214
Garland of Visions explores the generative relationships between artistic intelligence and tantric vision practices in the construction and circulation of visual knowledge in medieval South Asia. Shifting away from the traditional connoisseur approach, Jinah Kim instead focuses on the materiality of painting: its mediums, its visions, and especially its colors. She argues that the adoption of a special type of manuscript called pothi enabled the material translation of a private and internal experience of "seeing" into a portable device. These mobile and intimate objects then became important conveyors of many forms of knowledge—ritual, artistic, social, scientific, and religious—and spurred the spread of visual knowledge of Indic Buddhism to distant lands. By taking color as the material link between a vision and its artistic output, Garland of Visions presents a fresh approach to the history of Indian painting.