Tantric Traditions in Transmission and Translation

Zusatztext Tantric Traditions in Transmission and Translation is an excellent collection of essays on Tantra across eras, religions, and cultures, each one touching on some important aspect of the state of the art in modern Tantric scholarship. A must-read to catch up with the latest findings about the deep and broad impact Tantric traditions have had on Asian civilizations, past and presentnow beginning to influence the West. Informationen zum Autor David B. Gray is the Executive Editor of Religious Studies Review, and a Board Member of the South Asian Studies Association. He is Associate Professor and Chair of the Religious Studies Department at Santa Clara University.; Ryan Overbey is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at Wesleyan University. Klappentext Tantric traditions in both Buddhism and Hinduism are thriving throughout Asia and in Asian diasporic communities around the world, yet they have been largely ignored by Western scholars. This collection of original essays fills this gap by examining the ways in which Tantric Buddhist traditions have changed over time and distance as they have spread across religious, cultural, and linguistic boundaries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents; Introduction: Tracing Tantric Traditions Through Time and Space; David B. Gray and Ryan Richard Overbey; Buddhas, Siddhas, and Indian Masculine Ideals; John Powers; Converting the Dakini: Goddess Cults and Tantras of the Yoginis between Buddhism and Saivism; Shaman Hatley; Vajrayana Traditions in Nepal; Todd Lewis and Naresh Man Bajracarya; How Dharanis WERE Proto-Tantric: Liturgies, Ritual Manuals, and the Origins of the Tantras; Jacob Dalton; The Purification of Heruka: On the Transmission of a Controversial Buddhist Tradition to Tibet; David B. Gray; Vicissitudes of Text and Rite in the Great Peahen Queen of Spells; Ryan Richard Overbey; The Homa of the Northern Dipper; Richard K. Payne; The Tantric Teachings and Rituals of the True Buddha School: the Chinese transformation of Vajrayana Buddhism; TAM Wai Lun ...

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David B. Gray is the Executive Editor of Religious Studies Review, and a Board Member of the South Asian Studies Association. He is Associate Professor and Chair of the Religious Studies Department at Santa Clara University.

Ryan Overbey is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at Wesleyan University.



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Tantric traditions in both Buddhism and Hinduism are thriving throughout Asia and in Asian diasporic communities around the world, yet they have been largely ignored by Western scholars. This collection of original essays fills this gap by examining the ways in which Tantric Buddhist traditions have changed over time and distance as they have spread across religious, cultural, and linguistic boundaries.

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Table of Contents
Introduction: Tracing Tantric Traditions Through Time and Space
David B. Gray and Ryan Richard Overbey
Buddhas, Siddhas, and Indian Masculine Ideals
John Powers
Converting the Dakini: Goddess Cults and Tantras of the Yoginis between Buddhism and Saivism
Shaman Hatley
Vajrayana Traditions in Nepal
Todd Lewis and Naresh Man Bajracarya
How Dharanis WERE Proto-Tantric: Liturgies, Ritual Manuals, and the Origins of the Tantras
Jacob Dalton
The Purification of Heruka: On the Transmission of a Controversial Buddhist Tradition to Tibet
David B. Gray
Vicissitudes of Text and Rite in the Great Peahen Queen of Spells
Ryan Richard Overbey
The Homa of the Northern Dipper
Richard K. Payne
The Tantric Teachings and Rituals of the True Buddha School: the Chinese transformation of Vajrayana Buddhism
TAM Wai Lun

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