Devotion, a Lamp That Illuminates the Ground
Non-Referential Devotional Affect in Great Completeness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4314601 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Renée Ford, Reneé G Ford (Rice University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 148 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel11030148 |
| OpenAlex | W3012855876 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
I explore how devotion (mos gus) is re-interpreted as non-dual and non-conceptual through Mahāyoga tantric creation (skyed) and completion (rdzogs) stage practices as an expression of the ground (bzhi) for Longchenpa (klong chen rab 'byams, 1308-1364) and Jigme Lingpa ('jigs med gling pa, 1730-1785). Devotion, a felt-sense, allows for there to be something akin to a residue from these mental constructs that allows for a practitioner to carry over her experience into a later phase of meditation. Firstly, devotion, as an affect is necessarily non-dual because tantra entails pure perception (dag snang). Secondly, I demonstrate that for Longchenpa, tantra is a method that relies on non-conceptual frameworks. Finally, I address how devotion pivots ordinary mind (sems) towards recognizing this ground. Through this progression, there is a profound synchronicity between full-on openness to devotion and the infinitely spacious reality
Aesthetics · Common ground · Epistemology · Meditation · Metaphysics · Openness to experience · Tantra · Theology · Chinese history and philosophy · Communication · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |