| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This unique study reads a single Tibetan Buddhist ritual system through the movements of Tibetan history, revealing the social and material dimensions of a seemingly timeless tradition. By subjecting tantric practice to historical analysis, the book offers new insight into the origins of Tibetan Buddhism, the formation of its canon, the emergence of new lineages and ritual traditions, and efforts to revitalize the religion by returning to its mythic origins. The ritual system explored in this volume is based on the Gathering of Intentions Sutra, the fundamental "root tantra" of the Anuyoga class of teachings belonging to the Nyingma ("Ancient") school of Tibetan Buddhism. Proceeding chronologically from the ninth century to the present, each chapter features a Tibetan author negotiating a perceived gap between the original root text'the Gathering of Intentions'and the lived religious or political concerns of his day. This ongoing tension underscores the entanglement between Tibetan culture and its elaborate esoteric ritual systems, which have persisted for centuries, evolving in response to historical conditions. Rather than overlooking practice in favor of abstract philosophical concerns, this volume prioritizes Tibetan Buddhism's ritual systems for a richer portrait of the tradition's identity. |
| Contents |
Origins : myth and history -- The Gathering of intentions in early Tibetan Tantra -- The spoken teachings -- The rise of the Sutra initiation -- Dorjé Drak and the formation of a new lineage -- The Mindröling tradition -- Returns to the origin -- Appendix : The four root Tantras of Anuyoga. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dgongs pa ʼdus paʼi mdo.
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Dgongs pa ʼdus paʼi mdo. |
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Rnying-ma-pa (Sect) -- Rituals.
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Rnying-ma-pa (Sect) -- Rituals. |
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Spiritual life -- Rnying-ma-pa (Sect)
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Spiritual life -- Rnying-ma-pa (Sect) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780231176002 0231176007 (DLC) 2015018086 (OCoLC)921167236 |
| ISBN |
9780231541176 (electronic book) |
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0231541171 (electronic book) |
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9780231176002 |
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0231176007 |
| Standard No. |
12892140 |
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