Tantric Buddhism and Altered States of Consciousness
... tantric Buddhism suggests that specific deities represent , and can thereby transform , particular emotional states . Tantric Buddhism , like early Buddhism , does not advocate the worship of gods as a replacement for personal practice ...
Tantric Grounds and Paths
... Tantric practice , if we abandon bodhichitta we incur a root Tantric downfall . Scorning the Dharma of Sutra or Tantra . If we criticize any teaching of Buddha , claiming that it is not the word of Buddha , and if someone else hears our ...
Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine
... tantric sādhanā , it is possible that the spirituality described in tantric texts reflects women's religious experience as well as men's . Mi- randa Shaw has argued in the case of Buddhist Tantrism that the " male gaze , " and male ...
Courtesans and Tantric Consorts
... Tantric consorts , both human and divine , become an important element in Indo - Tibetan biographical literature , iconography , and ritual . I argue , however , that the tantric emphasis on sexuality was not entirely new , but rather a ...
Tantric Art and Meditation
... tantric form of meditation . In 1972 while residing in Hokkaido , I was taken to a Goma Fire Rite for a yakubarai exorcism on the occasion of my 42nd birthday . The Goma Fire Rite was per- formed by a monk named Suzuki of the Tantric ...
Some Tantric Esotericism of Orissa
... tantric temples , standing in a triangular formation , inside the compound of modern Ramanatha temple at Baudh . The three tantric temples of Baudh influenced the development of pancharatha temples of coastal Orissa . K. C. Panigrahi29 ...
The Tantric Tradition
... tantric kula or in - group ( or just the caste - name Kaul , common in Kashmir - e.g . Pandit Nehru's actual caste - name was Kaul ) -was probably the title of a high tantric religious dignitary in Kashmir , rather than the proper name ...
Kiss of the Yogini
It will prove to be the definitive work for persons seeking to understand Tantra and the crucial role it has played in South Asian history, society, culture, and religion.
Tantric Buddhist Iconographic Sources
... of textual extracts from Sanskrit manu- scripts in the collection of the Asiatic Society , Calcutta . : Tantric Buddhist Iconographic Sources Tantric Buddhist Iconographic Sources by. Rs50.00 3Fe75 MRML CB SVK I - San - 2219.
Tantric Practice in Nying-ma
... Tantric paths and provides a glimpse into the higher reaches of Tantric realization . In addition , Rinbochay's oral teachings on the Great Perfection vividly reveal the practicality that is at the root of all religious endeavor ...
The Tantric Ritual of Japan
... Tantric school declined in size and importance . Its identity as a separate sect was lost , and it became integrated into an increasingly syncretized form of Chinese Buddhism . 20 The fourth period is that in which Tantric Buddhism made ...
Tantric Healing in the Kathmandu Valley
... tantric healer . Three belong to the Vajracharya caste , one of whom , Yog Ratna , is deceased , with a few of his main disciples still ... tantric aspect of their practice to the same 128 Tantric Healing in the Kathmandu Valley.
The Tantric Mysticism of Tibet
... Tantric Conduct Mudra , 87-8 , 164 , 210 Music , ritual , 77 , 132 , 145 , 184 Mystic , Mysticism , 23-6 , 28 , 30 ... Tantric Attitude , 43 , 76-8 , 171-2 , 200 Tantric Conduct and Morality , 32-4 , 74-6 , 78-83 , 92-3 , 122 ...
Significance of the Tantric Tradition
... Tantric tradition with a thoroughness that compels admiration . The book is divided into three parts , viz . , Philosophical Significance of the Tantric Tradition , the Religious and Cultural Significance of the Tantric Tradition and ...
Tantric Buddhism
... Tantric Buddhism , was also originally published in 1924 . Although Benoytosh was not the first man to work on this subject ( Tantric Buddhism had been studied since the inception of modern Buddhist studies in the West ) there was a ...
The Tantric Tradition of the Nyingmapa
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A Complete and Detailed Exposition on the True Buddha Tantric Dharma
... Tantric homage is very great . In the exo- teric schools , one prostrates to just one Buddha or several Bud- dhas at a time , while in the esoteric schools , one prostrates to trillions of Buddhas at one time . One all - encompassing ...
Tantric Poetry of Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi), Japan's Buddhist Saint
... Tantric , or Esoteric , sect . Kūkai helped join Shinto traditions with Tantric Buddhism , for the symbol of the sun is central in both - representing the Shinto Sun Goddess Amaterasu as well as Dainichi Nyorai ( Mahāvairocana , the ...
Meditations of a Tibetan Tantric Abbot
... Tantric College of Lower Lhasa , and became abbot of that Tantric College prior to the invasion of Tibet by the Chinese Communists . He told me that a friend wrote him a letter complaining that he had given in to a system of bribery ...
Sahajayāna, a Study of Tantric Buddhism
... Tantric culture which carries on undoubtedly the indelible imprint of a Non - Aryan or tribal legacy . In many villages of this area the bulk of tribal populace adore their mother - Goddesses on the hill - top , rockbeds , in the lap of ...