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Religious Studies, 1970
Sometimes the scholar can safely take hints for the direction of his scholarship from popular concerns. They may be deeper than they appear. As Erik H. Erikson has remarked in reference to the yearnings of young Americans for the teaching of the Eastern mystics: ‘The need to search for total and final values can often be met only under the condition ...
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Sometimes the scholar can safely take hints for the direction of his scholarship from popular concerns. They may be deeper than they appear. As Erik H. Erikson has remarked in reference to the yearnings of young Americans for the teaching of the Eastern mystics: ‘The need to search for total and final values can often be met only under the condition ...
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3. Tantrism “Seen from the East”
2017The chapter raises the question as to whether the socio-religious current we now call “Tantrism” may represent a wider Monsoon Asian areal phenomenon, with roots in a past that predates the common era. Being directly inspired by, and engaging with, the work of Robert Dentan, this chapter evaluates his theory of a common religious base in South and ...
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Divinités hindoues dans le tantrisme bouddhique
Arts asiatiques, 1964Mallmann Marie-Therese. Divinites hindoues dans le tantrisme bouddhique. In: Arts asiatiques, tome 10 fascicule 1, 1964. pp. 67-86.
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The Soteriologies of Buddhist Tantrism
Abstract Tantric Buddhist practices, often regarded as transgressive or liminal, diverge from the sedate ways of the monastic establishment and the bodhisattva ideal of selfless altruism. The reconciliation of these quite different paths to enlightenment is one of the landmark intellectual projects of late Buddhism.openaire +1 more source
Indo-Tibetan Tantrism as Spirit Marriage
2011As has been documented by Eliade, Lewis, and others, a fascinating dimension of shamanic ritualism is the practice of shamanic or “spirit” marriage. The foundational principle of such marriage is the “nuptial” connection between a shamanic ritualist and a spirit spouse, sometimes yielding amorphous “spirit children” and even leading in some cases to ...
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