Tantric Buddhist Art
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Author |
: Christian K. Wedemeyer |
Publisher |
: Columbia University Press |
Total Pages |
: 338 |
Release |
: 2014-05-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780231162418 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0231162413 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism by : Christian K. Wedemeyer
Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism fundamentally rethinks the nature of the transgressive theories and practices of the Buddhist Tantric traditions, challenging the notion that the Tantras were “marginal” or primitive and situating them instead—both ideologically and institutionally—within larger trends in mainstream Buddhist and Indian culture. Critically surveying prior scholarship, Wedemeyer exposes the fallacies of attributing Tantric transgression to either the passions of lusty monks, primitive tribal rites, or slavish imitation of Saiva traditions. Through comparative analysis of modern historical narratives—that depict Tantrism as a degenerate form of Buddhism, a primal religious undercurrent, or medieval ritualism—he likewise demonstrates these to be stock patterns in the European historical imagination. Through close analysis of primary sources, Wedemeyer reveals the lived world of Tantric Buddhism as largely continuous with the Indian religious mainstream and deploys contemporary methods of semiotic and structural analysis to make sense of its seemingly repellent and immoral injunctions. Innovative, semiological readings of the influential Guhyasamaja Tantra underscore the text’s overriding concern with purity, pollution, and transcendent insight—issues shared by all Indic religions—and a large-scale, quantitative study of Tantric literature shows its radical antinomianism to be a highly managed ritual observance restricted to a sacerdotal elite. These insights into Tantric scripture and ritual clarify the continuities between South Asian Tantrism and broader currents in Indian religion, illustrating how thoroughly these “radical” communities were integrated into the intellectual, institutional, and social structures of South Asian Buddhism.
Author |
: His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama |
Publisher |
: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives |
Total Pages |
: 62 |
Release |
: 2015-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789380359540 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9380359543 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis An Introduction to Buddhism and Tantric Meditation by : His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama
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 |
: Teja Nārāyaṇa Miśra |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 152 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: UVA:X030158486 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Buddhist Tantra and Buddhist Art by : Teja Nārāyaṇa Miśra
It Deals With The Development And Fundamental Aspects Of Buddhist Tantrism And Its Impact On Paintings And The Sculptural Art Of India. It Discusses Concepts And Schools Of Tantrism Citing Buddhist Tantric Works.
Author |
: Benoytosh Bhattacharyya |
Publisher |
: Manohar Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 332 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 8173046492 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9788173046490 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Tantric Buddhism by : Benoytosh Bhattacharyya
This Volume Contains Informative And Analytical Papers By Eminent Scholars On Different Aspects Of Tantric Buddhism And Tantras In General. The Essays Throw Significant Light On The So-Called Puzzling Obscurity Of Tantric Ideas And Practices Especially Pertaining To The Buddhist Tantras.
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 181 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780195166415 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0195166418 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Tantric Treasures by :
This book provides accurate, accessible translations of three classics of medieval Indian Buddhist mysticism. Since their composition around 1000 CE, these poems have exerted a powerful influence on spiritual life.
Author |
: Alain Presencer |
Publisher |
: Quartet Books (UK) |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0704374587 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780704374584 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Tibetan Buddhist Art by : Alain Presencer
Author |
: Robert N. Linrothe |
Publisher |
: Serindia Publications, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 380 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780906026519 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0906026512 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ruthless Compassion by : Robert N. Linrothe
The historical development of Esoteric Buddhism in India is still known only in outline. A few verifiably early texts do give some insight into the origin of the ideas which would later develop and spread to East and Southeast Asia, and to Tibet. However, there is another kind of evidence which can be harnessed to the project of reconstructing the history of Esoteric Buddhist doctrines and practice. This evidence consists of art objects, mainly sculpture, which survive in significant numbers from the 6th to the 13th century.
Author |
: Kirti Tsenshap |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 498 |
Release |
: 2011-05-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780861716883 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0861716884 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Principles of Buddhist Tantra by : Kirti Tsenshap
Kirti Tsenshap Rinpoche was a renowned teacher of Tibetan Buddhism with students worldwide. Revered as a teacher by even the Dalai Lama, he was known especially as a master of Buddhist tantra, the powerful esoteric methods for attaining enlightenment swiftly. The teachings in this book are a singular record of his deep learning in that field. Originally delivered in California to a group of Western students, the teachings comment on a classic introduction to tantra by the nineteenth-century Mongolian lama Choje Ngawang Palden. The work, Illumination of the Tantric Tradition, is a staple even today of the curriculum for training young monastics. Kirti Tsenshap Rinpoche explains the distinctive features of the four classes of tantra--action tantra, performance tantra, yoga tantra, and highest yoga tantra--by describing the way to progress through their paths and levels. He illuminates key issues in tantric practice that are still a matter for debate within the tradition. Finally, he gives a special treatment of the unique methods of Kalacakra tantra, which is regularly taught around the globe by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Author |
: John C. Huntington |
Publisher |
: Serindia Publications, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 616 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781932476019 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1932476016 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Circle of Bliss by : John C. Huntington
Published in conjunction with a 2003 exhibition co-organized by the Columbus Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, this hefty, oversize (10x13 catalogue features approximately 160 powerful masterpieces of Indian, Nepalese, Tibetan, Chinese, and Mongolian art produced over the pa
Author |
: Eleanor Olson |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 108 |
Release |
: 1974 |
ISBN-10 |
: UVA:X006072198 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Tantric Buddhist Art by : Eleanor Olson