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Tantrism, Modernity, History: On Lü Cheng’s Philological Method [PDF]
, 2021 Tantrism (Mijiao 密教) is regarded by some as the alien element of magic, ritual, and worship that corrupted Buddhism in India. It is regarded by others as a highly sophisticated vehicle named Vajrayāna. Both views would come into play as Tantrism became the focus of Chinese scholars during the Republican period (1912–1949).
Martino Dibeltulo Concu
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Tantrism and Women’s Empowerment in India
Gender Studies, 2012 Abstract It is the purpose of this paper to explore some aspects of Tantrism, an esoteric system of spiritual advancement by the cultivation of physical and psychic resources rooted in the ancient Hindu philosophical concept of shakti. Between 900 and the fifteenth century it not only contributed immensely to feminizing and galvanizing ...
Reghina Dascăl
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Chinese Esoteric Buddhism (Tang Tantrism)
, 2019 Before mid-Tang, numerous texts containing Buddhist tantric practices and mantra had arrived in China and they were translated into Chinese. But the systematic and more particular version Esoteric Buddhism did not appear until Emperor Xuanzong's reign. Three Indian Tantric masters Śubhakarasiṃha (善無畏), Vajrabodhi (金剛智) and Amoghavajra (不空), brought the
Xing Wang
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Study of Religion, 2019 The concept of jīvanmukti, “liberation during life”, arose in Advaita Vedānta as a response to the paradigm of “disembodied” liberation (videhamukti). The condition of jīvanmukti is highly appreciated in Tantrism. The concept of jīvanmukti often includes the meanings of identification with the absolute, the supreme deity.
Sergei V. Pakhomov
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Audial and Visual Manifestations of Śakti in Kula School of Tantrism
Prachi Prajna, 2019 Indian thought systems and religious beliefs are closely acquainted with the energy principle called Śakti. It is enormously known as the significant character of Tantrism, the traditional Indian religio-philosophical system originated in the hoary pasts.
Nirmala V
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JOURNAL OF INDIAN AND BUDDHIST STUDIES (INDOGAKU BUKKYOGAKU KENKYU), 2000 Kodo Takeuchi
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RUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2014 The issue of the spiritual liberation in Hindu Tantrism is closely linked with an idea of the primeval source of everything, or of that supreme, absolute Reality, God.
S V Pakhomov
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Buddhist Tantrism and Contemporary Concerns
SALESIAN JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES, 2010 Tomy Augustine
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Liberation While Living in Hindu Tantrism
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2019), 2019 Sergei V. Pakhomov
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A New Form of Taoist Theurgy in the Qing Dynasty: Xizhu Doufa in the Taoist–Tantric Fusion Style
Religions, 2023 The Longmen Xizhu Xinzong 龍門西竺心宗 was a Taoist sect that was active during the Qing Dynasty. The sect reportedly originated in India and has long been renowned for its Xizhu Doufa 西竺斗法.
Yuhao Wu
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