Douglas Osto
Biographic Data
| ID | 1105925 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Douglas Osto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Douglas |
| FAMILY NAME | Osto |
| SIGNATURE | OSTO D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Massey University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8090-5982 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
An Indian Tantric Tradition and Its Modern Global Revival: Contemporary Nondual Śaivism
Indian Tantric Tradition and Its Modern Global Revival: Contemporary Nondual Śaivism
Recovering Nondual Śaivism: An autoethnography
Theater in a Crowded Fire: Ritual and Spirituality at Burning Man
A Bull of a Man: Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism
Buddhist Scriptures as Literature: Sacred Rhetoric and the Uses of Theory, by Ralph Flores
Buddhist Scriptures as Literature: Sacred Rhetoric and the Uses of Theory, by Ralph Flores. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008. viii + 223 pp., $65.00 (hb), $18.95 (pb), $18.95 (eb). ISBN 978-0-7914-7339-9 (hb), 978-0-7914-7340-5 (pb), 978-0-7914-7883-7 (eb)
Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra
Proto–Tantric” Elements in The Gandavyuha‐sutra
Although a Māhāyana sūtra, the clearly contains a number of elements that seem to presage the “tantric” phase in Indian Buddhism. In particular, the sūtra contains four components worthy of note: elaborate scenes detailing what can best be understood as , a soteriology based on absolute faith in the spiritual guides, a strong insinuation of organisational esotericism, and the hint of sexual yoga. After briefly summarising some recent scholarship …
The Supreme Array Scripture: A New Interpretation of the Title “Gaṇḍavyūha-sūtra”
Soteriology, Asceticism and the Female Body in Two Indian Buddhist Narratives
This paper makes a number of observations on soteriology, asceticism and the female body in two Indian Buddhist narrative. The first story examined is about the enlightenment of the Buddhist saint Yasas from a collection of verses know as the Anavatapta-gatha, or Songs of Lake Anavatapta. This narrative graphically describes a rotting female corpse and associates this physical corruption with the female body in general. The second story is about …
Proto–Tantric” Elements in The Gandavyuha‐sutra
Although a Māhāyana sūtra, the clearly contains a number of elements that seem to presage the “tantric” phase in Indian Buddhism. In particular, the sūtra contains four components worthy of note: elaborate scenes detailing what can best be understood as , a soteriology based on absolute faith in the spiritual guides, a strong insinuation of organisational esotericism, and the hint of sexual yoga. After briefly summarising some recent scholarship …
The Supreme Array Scripture: A New Interpretation of the Title “Gaṇḍavyūha-sūtra”
Soteriology, Asceticism and the Female Body in Two Indian Buddhist Narratives
This paper makes a number of observations on soteriology, asceticism and the female body in two Indian Buddhist narrative. The first story examined is about the enlightenment of the Buddhist saint Yasas from a collection of verses know as the Anavatapta-gatha, or Songs of Lake Anavatapta. This narrative graphically describes a rotting female corpse and associates this physical corruption with the female body in general. The second story is about …
The Supreme Array Scripture: A New Interpretation of the Title “Gaṇḍavyūha-sūtra”
Proto–Tantric” Elements in The Gandavyuha‐sutra
Although a Māhāyana sūtra, the clearly contains a number of elements that seem to presage the “tantric” phase in Indian Buddhism. In particular, the sūtra contains four components worthy of note: elaborate scenes detailing what can best be understood as , a soteriology based on absolute faith in the spiritual guides, a strong insinuation of organisational esotericism, and the hint of sexual yoga. After briefly summarising some recent scholarship …
Buddhist Scriptures as Literature: Sacred Rhetoric and the Uses of Theory, by Ralph Flores
Buddhist Scriptures as Literature: Sacred Rhetoric and the Uses of Theory, by Ralph Flores. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008. viii + 223 pp., $65.00 (hb), $18.95 (pb), $18.95 (eb). ISBN 978-0-7914-7339-9 (hb), 978-0-7914-7340-5 (pb), 978-0-7914-7883-7 (eb)
Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra
Theater in a Crowded Fire: Ritual and Spirituality at Burning Man
A Bull of a Man: Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism
An Indian Tantric Tradition and Its Modern Global Revival: Contemporary Nondual Śaivism
Indian Tantric Tradition and Its Modern Global Revival: Contemporary Nondual Śaivism
Recovering Nondual Śaivism: An autoethnography
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