Vajramahākāla and the Śaivasaugata rulers of Dharmāśraya and Siṅhasāri
Impressive images of a ferocious deity holding a cleaver and skullcup emerged in precolonial Sumatra. The deity is depicted with a female partner on the sword Mandākinī, and as a monumental statue found at Dharmāśraya in the Sumatran highlands.
Iain Sinclair
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Ancient Indian Political Economy
We publish the following document by Dr. Ratan Basu as a jewel worth preserving to have a clearer vision of the history of India and how the social, political and economic forms developed.
Ratan Lal Basu
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VIAJANDO POR LOS «CAMINOS DEL SUR»: EL BUDISMO ESOTÉRICO EN EL ASIA MARÍTIMA, SIGLOS VII-XIII D.C.
Este artículo presenta un panorama histórico de las redes de sitios y agentes que fueron instrumentales en la creación y circulación de las diferentes variedades de budismo esotérico (o tántrico) entre los siglos VII y XIII hasta su casi desaparición. El
Andrea Acri
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TANTRISME DI DALAM AGURON GURON KAWIKON BUDHA PAKSA DI GRIA BUDAKELING
This article discusses Tantrism applied within the system of aguron-guron kawikon budha paksa (type of buddhist school of priesthood) in Gria Budakeling.
Ida Made Santi Utama +2 more
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Contestation in Gamelan Making Rituals: Tensions Between Old and New Understandings [PDF]
Performing ritual before making gamelan as one of stages of producing gamelan orchestra has changed. The decision of gamelan masters to perform ritual is affected by their worldview, socio-religious and economic changes in their surroundings.
Handayani, A. (Andri) +1 more
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Meeting \u27the Mother Who Takes Across\u27: Christian Encounters with the Fierce Goddesses of Hinduism [PDF]
This essay revolves around a simple question: what does Hindu-Christian dialogue look like from the Christian side when the Hindu side is represented by Saktism? Or, how do Christians, whether Protestant or Catholic, react and what do they learn when the
McDermott, Rachel Fell
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The Concept of Mind in Hindu Tantrism [PDF]
Abstract This article presents an account of the mind as found in pre-philosophical and philosophical Śaiva and Śaiva-Śākta literature and examines some important terms that the English word translates, notably, citta, cit, and manas, although there are others, mostly in the medieval or post-Gupta period.
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Тантризм в контексте теории мистического опыта просветления [PDF]
У статті досліджується індійський тантризм і робиться висновок, що він постає іманентним містичним напрямом, який стверджує тотожність індивідуального та абсолютного духовного начал.
De Meyer, Thierry +7 more
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Women’s circles and the rise of the new feminine : reclaiming sisterhood, spirituality, and wellbeing [PDF]
This paper draws on the results of ethnographic research on ‘women’s circles’; women-only spaces that celebrate sisterhood and the ‘feminine’, including the increasingly globally popular ‘Red Tent’.
Longman, Chia
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Critical analysis of the Kularnava Tantra -Part 1- A foreword corrupted by repressed sexuality
This article was written to promote academic research on the Kularnava Tantra without the bias introduced by the "forewords" and introductions of the English and Spanish versions, which led to confusion regarding the object of study known as Tantrism ...
Oscar R. Gómez
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