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The Buddhist Tantras : light on Indo-Tibetan esotericism /
First published in 1995. The volume is divided into four sections: The introduction places the position of the Buddhist Tantras within Mahayana Buddhism and recalls their early literary history, especially the Guhyasamahatantra; the section also covers Buddhist Genesis and the Tantric tradition. Nex...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge,
2008.
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| Colección: | Routledge library editions. Buddhism ;
v. 19. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | First published in 1995. The volume is divided into four sections: The introduction places the position of the Buddhist Tantras within Mahayana Buddhism and recalls their early literary history, especially the Guhyasamahatantra; the section also covers Buddhist Genesis and the Tantric tradition. Next is the he foundations of the Buddhist Tantras are discussed and the Tantric presentation of divinity; the preparation of disciples and the meaning of initiation; symbolism of the mandala-palace Tantric ritual and the twilight language. The third section explores the Tantric teachings of the inner Zodiac and the fivefold ritual symbolism of passion. The bibliographical research contains an analysis of the Tantric section of the Kanjur exegesis and a selected Western Bibliography of the Buddhist Tantras with comments. |
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| Notas: | Originally published: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 247 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781135029227 1135029229 9780203706633 0203706633 9781135029203 1135029202 9781135029210 1135029210 9781315787190 1315787199 9781317722762 1317722760 9781317722786 1317722787 9781317722779 1317722779 |