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Tantric religion and social change

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 268-279, August 2025.
Abstract During the period between the seventh and 11th centuries, several religious innovations occurred in Indic religions (which I refer to anachronistically as ‘Hinduism’). In particular, during this period, we see the rise of tantric traditions based on a new revelation of texts, some of whose followers regarded themselves as transcending the ...
Gavin Flood
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The God Who Is Visible to All: Healing and Sun Worship in Śrīvidyā Tantra

Religions
The aim of this paper is to discuss sun worship and healing practices in Samayācāra Śrīvidyā, a Hindu tantric tradition. Thus, I use anthropological and philological perspectives to show how the contemporary Samayācāra Śrīvidyā guru of Śrī Lalitāmbikā ...
Maciej Karasinski
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Aspects and values of buddhism for the women of the west [PDF]

, 1999
Living in India, which is not yet linked into the electronic autobahn at quite the screaming pace of the rest of the world, I received my information about this conference in two barely legible faxes, which arrived more than three weeks apart and ...
Napper, Elizabeth
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Bodily intimacy and ritual healing in women’s tantric retreats

Anthropology and Medicine, 2020
Alternative health care and holistic spiritual practices have become increasingly popular in many Western countries, especially among women, who often claim them to be deeply transformative.
C. Plancke
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Ontology of Bliss: A Phenomenology

Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara, 2019
The article is about the ontology of bliss. Bliss is an ontological experience and not simply a feature of one’s personal psychology of mind. Bliss intrinsically reflects our experience of Being. The paper intertwines and integrates Heideggerian ontology
Rudolph Bauer
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Book Review: Die Symbolik von Gift und Nektar in der klassischen indischen Literatur [PDF]

, 1996
A review of Die Symbolik von Gift und Nektar in der klassischen indischen Literatur by Ira Stubbe ...
Nayak, Anand
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The Potential of the Bi-Directional Gaze: A Call for Neuroscientific Research on the Simultaneous Activation of the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems through Tantric Practice

Religions, 2016
This paper is a call for the development of a neuroscientific research protocol for the study of the impact of Tantric practice on the autonomic nervous system.
Jeffrey S. Lidke
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Enduring myths: smrang, rabs and ritual in the Dunhuang texts on Padmasambhava [PDF]

, 2008
Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines Number 15, November ...
Cathy Cantwell, Mayer, Rob
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Women's Dharma: Parwati Soepangat and Buddhist Feminist Theology in Postcolonial Indonesia*

Journal of Religious History, Volume 48, Issue 4, Page 423-441, December 2024.
This article uses the life and career of Parwati Soepangat as a case study to shed light on the narrative of Buddhist women in postcolonial Indonesia. It contends that, unlike Theravāda Buddhist‐majority nations in mainland Southeast Asia, Indonesia's lack of a patriarchal monastic authority allowed Buddhist women, like Parwati Soepangat, to emerge ...
Jack Meng‐Tat Chia
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Philological Study of Several Old Uighur Tantric Manuscripts Recently Unearthed from Tuyuq, Xinjiang [PDF]

, 2022
Ma Fu, Lidong Xia
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