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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).
Dibeltulo Concu, Martino
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, 2012 André Padoux, "What Do We Mean by Tantrism?" in Roots of Tantra (Albany, NY: SUNY, 2002), 17-24.
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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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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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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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Ateliers d'Anthropologie, 2023 In the style of a story, this article recounts the journey from one bank to the other (from Taiwan to China) that characterises my ethnological fieldwork.
Brigitte Baptandier
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Wonderland: The Image of Kāmarūpa in the Kālikāpurāṇa
Religions, 2023 In the Kālikāpurāṇa, the mountainous region of Kāmarūpa (roughly present Assam) is described as a ‘Wonderland’ where Hindu gods and goddesses are present in the form of mountains, wells, stones and rivers, and where people become immortal and reach a ...
Karel R. Van Kooij
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The transformation of classical Tantra in the modern Neotantric movement (on the example of Russia) [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2023 The article reflects on the transformations that classical Tantra has undergone in the West and in Russia in the 20th – 21st centuries. The basis for the image of Tantra in the Western imagination was the model of «non-dual» Shaiva-Shakta Tantrism.
Sergey Pakhomov
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Magicians, Sorcerers and Witches: Considering Pretantric, Non-sectarian Sources of Tantric Practices
Religions, 2017 Most models on the origins of tantrism have been either inattentive to or dismissive of non-literate, non-sectarian ritual systems. Groups of magicians, sorcerers or witches operated in India since before the advent of tantrism and continued to perform ...
Ronald M. Davidson
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Perennialism and the Religious Common Platform of Mystical Tradition in Java
Teosofia: Indonesian Journal of Islamic Mysticism, 2021 This article examines perennials’ understanding through the Javanese mysticism tradition that has developed before and after the arrival of Islam. The focus on perennials in this article is based on recognizing and equality of noble values in every ...
Zulfan Taufik, Syafwan Rozi
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