Tantric traditions in both Buddhism and Hinduism are thriving throughout Asia and in Asian diasporic communities around the world, yet they have been largely ignored by Western scholars. This collection of original essays fills this gap by examining the ways in which Tantric Buddhist traditions have changed over time and distance.
Tantric traditions in both Buddhism and Hinduism are thriving throughout Asia and in Asian diasporic communities around the world, yet they have been largely ignored by Western scholars. This collection of original essays fills this gap by examining the ways in which Tantric Buddhist traditions have changed over time and distance.
David B. Gray is the Executive Editor of Religious Studies Review, and a Board Member of the South Asian Studies Association. He is Associate Professor and Chair of the Religious Studies Department at Santa Clara University. Ryan Overbey is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at Wesleyan University.
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* Table of Contents * Introduction: Tracing Tantric Traditions Through Time and Space * David B. Gray and Ryan Richard Overbey * Buddhas, Siddhas, and Indian Masculine Ideals * John Powers * Converting the Dakini: Goddess Cults and Tantras of the Yoginis between Buddhism and Saivism * Shaman Hatley * Vajrayana Traditions in Nepal * Todd Lewis and Naresh Man Bajracarya * How Dharanis WERE Proto-Tantric: Liturgies, Ritual Manuals, and the Origins of the Tantras * Jacob Dalton * The Purification of Heruka: On the Transmission of a Controversial Buddhist Tradition to Tibet * David B. Gray * Vicissitudes of Text and Rite in the Great Peahen Queen of Spells * Ryan Richard Overbey * The Homa of the Northern Dipper * Richard K. Payne * The Tantric Teachings and Rituals of the True Buddha School: the Chinese transformation of Vajrayana Buddhism * TAM Wai Lun
* Table of Contents * Introduction: Tracing Tantric Traditions Through Time and Space * David B. Gray and Ryan Richard Overbey * Buddhas, Siddhas, and Indian Masculine Ideals * John Powers * Converting the Dakini: Goddess Cults and Tantras of the Yoginis between Buddhism and Saivism * Shaman Hatley * Vajrayana Traditions in Nepal * Todd Lewis and Naresh Man Bajracarya * How Dharanis WERE Proto-Tantric: Liturgies, Ritual Manuals, and the Origins of the Tantras * Jacob Dalton * The Purification of Heruka: On the Transmission of a Controversial Buddhist Tradition to Tibet * David B. Gray * Vicissitudes of Text and Rite in the Great Peahen Queen of Spells * Ryan Richard Overbey * The Homa of the Northern Dipper * Richard K. Payne * The Tantric Teachings and Rituals of the True Buddha School: the Chinese transformation of Vajrayana Buddhism * TAM Wai Lun
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