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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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The global history of religion: back to the future? [PDF]

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2023
The article reconstructs the concept of J. Strube, a leading representative of the younger generation of esotericism researchers. In the first part of the article, his critical program is analyzed, it is established that he systematically deconstructed ...
Pavel Nosachev
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Personal and relational experiences on meditation journeys following developmental trauma: An IPA study of adults who experienced an inconsistent evolved developmental niche. [PDF]

Psychol Psychother
Abstract Objectives In recent decades, research has increasingly highlighted the devastating effects of childhood trauma and relational processes that violate human development. However, the unique dynamics of such early‐life deprivations in adults who practice meditation, a context where the complexity of such wounding (and healing) may become ...
Frastali AM, Rawal A.
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Embodying Devī: Śākta Narratives of Healing and Transformation

Religions, 2022
This article explores how twelve practitioners of a contemporary Western Śākta community relate to Devī, experience Her presence in their lives, embody Her through the practice of deity yoga, and find their manner of relating to self, others, and the ...
Sophie-Anne Perkins
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Genealogies of Truth: Theology, Philosophy and History

Modern Theology, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 708-727, October 2023., 2023
Abstract Modern Christian theology still seeks to escape from the historical constitution of truth. This not only contradicts the Incarnation, but has its own genealogical origins in a dubious loss of Christian philosophy as an integral enterprise. In general, genealogy can be seen as negative or positive.
John Milbank
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The Breathing Body, Whistling Flute, and Sonic Divine: Oneness and Distinction in Bengal Vaishnavism’s Devotional Aesthetics

Religions, 2021
This paper studies complex narratives connecting the Hindu deity Krishna, his melodious flute, and the porous, sonic human body in the popular devotional sect, Bengal Vaishnavism. From the devotee–lover responding to Krishna’s flute call outside, envying
Sukanya Sarbadhikary
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On Not Understanding Extraordinary Language in the Buddhist Tantra of Japan

Religions, 2017
The question motivating this essay is how tantric Buddhist practitioners in Japan understood language such as to believe that mantra, dhāraṇī, and related forms are efficacious.
Richard K. Payne
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The Transnational Experience of a Chinese Buddhist Master in the Asian Buddhist Network

Religions, 2023
Wuqian (1922–2010) was one of the most important modern Buddhist masters in the modern history of Sino-Indian Buddhist relations. In his early years, he studied all the major schools of the Buddhist tradition, focusing on Yogācāra philosophy, probably ...
Xing Zhang
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ANÁLISIS CRÍTICO DEL KULARNAVA TANTRA -PARTE 1- UN PRÓLOGO VICIADO DE SEXUALIDAD REPRIMIDA

Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara, 2017
Este artículo se realizó para promover una investigación académica del Kularnava Tantra sin el sesgo de los «prólogos» e introducciones de las versiones en inglés y español, que llevaron a la confusión del objeto de estudio denominado tantrismo.
Oscar R. Gómez
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The Young Goddess Who Dances through the Ordinariness of Life―A Study on the Tantric Traditions of Kerala

Religions, 2022
Drawing on both ethnographic and literary sources, this paper indicates that initiations into the mantra of Bālā are essential rites of passage for various Tantric communities. We focus on two previously unstudied texts: Bālāviṃśati stotra (“Twenty Verses on the Bālā Goddess”), a popular eulogy sung on festive occasions in Keralan temples, and ...
Maciej Karasinski-Sroka, G. Sudev Krishna Sharman   +1 more
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