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The essays in this volume, written by specialists working in the field of tantric studies, attempt to trace processes of transformation and transfer that occurred in the history of tantra from around the seventh century and up to the present. The volume gathers contributions on South Asia, Tibet, China, Mongolia, Japan, North America, and Western Europe by scholars from various academic disciplines, who present ongoing research and encourage discussion on significant themes in the growing field of tantric studies. In addition to the extensive geographical and temporal range, the chapters of the volume cover a wide thematic area, which includes modern Bengali tantric practitioners, tantric ritual in medieval China, the South Asian cults of the mother goddesses, the way of Buddhism into Mongolia, and countercultural echoes of contemporary tantric studies.


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  • Author : István Keul
  • Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
  • Genre : Religion
  • Total Pages : 545 pages
  • ISBN : 3110258110
  • PDF File Size : 30,8 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews

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Transformations and Transfer of Tantra in Asia and Beyond

Transformations and Transfer of Tantra in Asia and Beyond
  • Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
  • File Size : 21,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 27 January 2012
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The essays in this volume, written by specialists working in the field of tantric studies, attempt to trace processes of transformation and transfer that occurred in the history of tantra

'Yogini' in South Asia

'Yogini' in South Asia
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  • File Size : 24,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 18 July 2013
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In different stages in the history of South Asian religions, the term yoginī has been used in various contexts to designate various things: a female adept of yoga, a female

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Religion and the Subtle Body in Asia and the West
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 39,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 12 April 2013
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Subtle-body practices are found particularly in Indian, Indo-Tibetan and East Asian societies, but have become increasingly familiar in Western societies, especially through the various healing and yogic techniques and exercises

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The Ethnography of Tantra
  • Publisher : State University of New York Press
  • File Size : 55,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 01 November 2023
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This is the first collection of essays to approach the topic of Tantric Studies from the vantage point of ethnography and lived religion, moving beyond the centrality of written texts

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  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 47,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 30 May 2018
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  • File Size : 35,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 25 June 2024
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This volume explores the movement of tantric Buddhist traditions through time and space, from the early history of tantric Buddhism to the present day. These studies investigate the development of

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  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • File Size : 35,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 28 May 2019
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In this book, Patton E. Burchett offers a path-breaking genealogical study of devotional (bhakti) Hinduism that traces its understudied historical relationships with tantra, yoga, and Sufism. Beginning in India’s

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Asian Traditions of Meditation
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • File Size : 25,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 31 October 2016
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Meditation has flourished in different parts of the world ever since the foundations of the great civilizations were laid. It played a vital role in the formation of Asian cultures

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  • Publisher : A&C Black
  • File Size : 36,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 18 July 2013
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This book examines one of the most pressing cultural concerns that surfaced in the last decade - the question of the place and significance of the animal. This collection of