Searching for the body a contemporary perspective on tibetan buddhist tantra

Searching for the body a contemporary perspective on tibetan buddhist tantra Rae Erin Dachille.

In the early fifteenth century, two Tibetan monks debated how to transform the body ritually into a celestial palace inhabited by buddhas. Searching for the Body demonstrates the significance of this debate for understandings of Tibetan Buddhism as well as conversations on representation and embodim...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Dachille, Rae Erin (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Columbia University Press [2022]
Subjects:
Buddhist cosmogony > China > Tibet Autonomous Region > History and criticism.
Mandala (Buddhism) > China > Tibet Autonomous Region > History and criticism.
Dge-lugs-pa (Sect) > Doctrine > History and criticism.
Sa-skya-pa (Sect) > Doctrine > History and criticism.
Tantric Buddhism.
Buddhist cosmogony.
Mandala (Buddhism)
China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:In the early fifteenth century, two Tibetan monks debated how to transform the body ritually into a celestial palace inhabited by buddhas. Searching for the Body demonstrates the significance of this debate for understandings of Tibetan Buddhism as well as conversations on representation and embodiment occurring across the disciplines today.
Physical Description:1 online resource illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231556316
0231556314

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