Searching for the Body : A Contemporary Perspective on Tibetan Buddhist Tantra

In the early fifteenth century, two Tibetan monks debated how to transform the body ritually into a celestial palace inhabited by buddhas. The discussion between Ngorchen Künga Zangpo and Khédrupjé Gélek Pelzangpo concerned the mechanics of this tantric ritual practice, known as body mandala, as wel...
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Dachille, Rae Erin [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

New York, NY: Columbia University Press ; 2022

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Schlagwörter:

Buddhist cosmogony, History and criticism, China, Tibet Autonomous Region

Dge-lugs-pa (Sect), Doctrines, History and criticism

Mandala (Buddhism), History and criticism, China, Tibet Autonomous Region

Sa-skya-pa (Sect), Doctrines, History and criticism

Tantric Buddhism

RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan

Umfang:

1 Online-Ressource ; 12 b&w illustrations

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ISBN:

978-0-231-55631-6

DOI / URN:

10.7312/dach20608

Katalog-ID:

182785037X

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