Bodies of Knowledge
Bodily Perfection in Tantric Buddhist Practice
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 4946554 |
|---|---|
| Autores | David B Gray (Santa Clara University, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 89 |
| Data de publicação | 2021-01-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Editora | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel12020089 |
| OpenAlex | W3126535216 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 5 |
| Referências citadas | 16 |
This essay explores conflicting attitudes toward the body in Buddhist literature, with a focus on the tantric Buddhist traditions of yoga and meditation, which advanced the notion that the body was an innately pure site for realization while nonetheless still encumbered with earlier notions of the body as an impure obstacle to be overcome. Looking closely at a short meditation text attributed to the female Indian saints Mekhalā and Kanakhalā, the author argues that the body plays a central role in the creative re-envisioning of the self that characterizes tantric Buddhist practice
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Buddhism · Epistemology · Meditation · Obstacle · Perfection · Tantra · Theology · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Study and Philosophy of Religion
| Obras citantes distintas | 5 |
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| Citações por ano | 1,25 |
| Intervalo de citações | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Velocidade de citação | current |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 5 |