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Beyond mindfulness: Arousal-driven modulation of attentional control during arousal-based practices [PDF]
Current Research in Neurobiology, 2022 Here we report meditative techniques, which modulate attentional control by arousal-driven influences and not by monitoring continuous thought processes as during mindfulness-related practices.
Maria Kozhevnikov +4 more
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The Body Divine: Tantric Śaivite Ritual Practices in the Svacchandatantra and Its Commentary
Religions, 2014 This work examines ritual, cosmology, and divinization as articulated in select passages of the Svacchandatantra and its commentary by the late tenth century non-dual theologian, Kṣemarāja.
Simone McCarter
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Characteristics of Kundalini-Related Sensory, Motor, and Affective Experiences During Tantric Yoga Meditation [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Sucharit Katyal
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Tantric Ritual and Conflict in Tibetan Buddhist Society. The Cult of Yamāntaka
Lea, 2022 The article examines the employment of tantric ritual as a tool of conflict resolution in Tibetan Buddhist society. In particular, the analysis focuses on the cult of the tantric Buddhist deity Yamāntaka, who is often invoked in tantric ritual to ...
Aleksandra Wenta
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Religions, 2023 This paper is a continuation of an earlier study published by the current author dedicated to the virtually unexplored tantric Buddhist scholar of the phyi dar period, *Jñānākara (11th century), through the textual analysis of his masterpiece, the ...
Aleksandra Wenta
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Buddhist Coast of the Caspian Sea
Журнал Фронтирных Исследований, 2023 The article analyzes the pragmatic and textological traditions of the ritual for “neutralizing evil words” in the tantric and folk forms of Kalmykia. The popularity of the ritual in the past and present justifies the focus on this aspect.
Baazr A. Bicheev
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Language of Gestures: Mudrā, Mirror, and Meaning in Śākta Philosophy
Religions, 2021 By contextualizing the ways gestures are used and interpreted in tantric practice and philosophy, this paper explores the cultural and cognitive domains of corporeal expression.
Sthaneshwar Timalsina
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ANTONIO DE MONTSERRAT – LA RUTA DE LA SEDA Y LOS CAMINOS SECRETOS DEL TANTRA
Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara, 2016 En este artículo se presenta la biografía de Antonio de Monserrat con el objeto de insertar en el pensamiento crítico budista a quien se considera el primer occidental iniciado en la filosofía tántrica e impulsor de ésta en Occidente a través de la ...
Oscar R. Gómez
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Religions, 2017 A celebration and critical evaluation of Sthaneshwar Timalsina’s brilliant book, Tantric Visual Culture: A Cognitive Approach. In this groundbreaking work, Timalsina utilizes the lens of cognitive studies to shed interpretive light on the Tantric ...
Jeffrey S. Lidke
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Feeding the Enemy to the Goddess: War Magic in Śaiva Tantric Texts
Religions, 2022 This article deals with the war magic as described in Sanskrit Śaiva tantric texts written between the 5th and the 12th Century A.D. This period marks a shift from the invocation of Aghora/Bhairava as the main war-helping god to the rituals invoking ...
Olga Serbaeva
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