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Symbolic and Imaginative Source of Mudra and Asana in Buddhist Art
Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные наукиThis article reveals the meaning of one of the key elements of Buddhist iconography, i.e. the phenomenon of mudra (folding of fingers) and asana (body posture).
Victoria Vladimirovna Demenova
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Tibetan Bonpo Mendrup: The Precious Formula’s Transmission
History of Science in South Asia, 2017 The article presents the traceable history of the Tibetan Bonpo mendrup ritual practice in textual sources, as it has been recorded by the Bonpos themselves.
Anna Sehnalova
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An Old Uighur balividhi Fragment Unearthed from the Northern Grottoes of Dūnhuáng
ReligionsPhotographs of the recto side of the manuscript fragment B121:38 in Old Uighur, which was excavated from the northern section of the Dūnhuáng Mògāo Caves, were published in the second volume of The Northern Grottoes of Mògāo Caves. Because the verso side,
Aydar Mirkamal, Xiaonan Li
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Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2019 ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Hymns written by N.F.S. Grundtvig (1783-1872) are conspicuously lacking in worms and in the smell of death. This fact is particularly striking when Grundtvig’s texts are compared with the textual universe of Thomas Kingo (1634-1703 ...
Katrine Frøkjær Baunvig
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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.
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Deification as a Core Theme in Julius Evola’s Esoteric Works
Correspondences, 2018 “Deification” or “Becoming God” is used in this article as a central hermeneutical key to understand Julius Evola’s (1898–1974) philosophic and, most importantly, esoteric work.
Hans Thomas Hakl
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EPILOGUE: Currents of convergence—Religious change in Asian contexts
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 318-320, August 2025.
J. Derrick Lemons
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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 .
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Gupta (Sanjukta) Hoens (Dirk Jan) Goudriaan (Teun) Hindu Tantrism
, 1979 Padoux André. Gupta (Sanjukta) Hoens (Dirk Jan) Goudriaan (Teun) Hindu Tantrism. In: Archives de sciences sociales des religions, n°48/2, 1979.
Padoux, André
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Tantrism and Reactionary Ideologies in Eastern Asia: Some Hypotheses and Questions
, 2002 Le bouddhisme a-t-il joué un rôle dans la formation de la modernité en Extrême-Asie, et notamment au Japon ? Le présent article est une tentative pour élaborer une des réponses possibles à cette question d'ensemble.
Iyanaga, Nobumi
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