Keul Transformations and Transfer of Tantra in Asia and Beyond

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-025811-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 52, 541 Seiten

Reihe: Religion and Society

The essays in this volume, written by specialists working in the field of tantric studies, attempt to trace processes of transformation and transfer that occurred in the history of tantra from around the seventh century and up to the present. The volume gathers contributions on South Asia, Tibet, China, Mongolia, Japan, North America, and Western Europe by scholars from various academic disciplines, who present ongoing research and encourage discussion on significant themes in the growing field of tantric studies. In addition to the extensive geographical and temporal range, the chapters of the volume cover a wide thematic area, which includes modern Bengali tantric practitioners, tantric ritual in medieval China, the South Asian cults of the mother goddesses, the way of Buddhism into Mongolia, and countercultural echoes of contemporary tantric studies.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Libraries, Institutes

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keul, István

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;6
2;Contents;8
3;Introduction;12
4;PART I. South Asia;28
4.1;Recoding the Natural and Animating the Imaginary. Kaula Body-practices in the Parasurama-Kalpasutra, Ritual Transfers, and the Politics of Representation;30
4.2;Some Observations on an U..i.a Abhi.eka Rite in Atiku.a’s Dhara.isa.graha;88
4.3;From Matr to Yogini. Continuity and Transformation in the South Asian Cults of the Mother Goddesses ;110
4.4;Rivers to the Sky: Transformation, Metaphor, and Worldview in Bengali Tantric Traditions;142
4.5;Modern Bengali Sakta Tantrikas: Ethnography, Image, and Stereotype;158
4.6;Transformations in the Textual Tradition of Dhumavati. Changes in the Reception of the Tantric Mahavidya-Goddess in Ritual, Function, Iconography, and Mythology;176
4.7;Reconnecting to What? Imagined Continuities and Discursive Overlaps at Tantrapi.has in Central and Eastern India;206
4.8;The Absent Mother and Bodied Speech: Psychology and Gender in Late Medieval Tantra;226
5;PART II. Mongolia, Tibet, and China;248
5.1;Embodying the Dharma: The Buddhist Way into Mongolia;250
5.2;Amitayus and the Development of Tantric Practices for Longevity and Health in Tibet;274
5.3;Ritual Expertise and Imperial Sovereignty: Some Remarks on Tantric Ritual Pragmatics in Medieval China;298
5.4;The Trouble with Tantra in China: Reflections on Method and History;314
6;PART III. Japan;338
6.1;Taimitsu Rituals in Medieval Japan: Sectarian Competition and the Dynamics of Tantric Performance;340
6.2;Conversions of Tantric Buddhist Ritual: The Yoshida Shinto Juhachishinto Ritual;376
6.3;The Impact of Tantrism on Japanese Religious Traditions: The Cult of the Three Devas;410
7;PART IV ...and Beyond;422
7.1;Kalacakra in Transition: From the Apocalypse to the Promotion of World Peace;424
7.2;Remembering Ourselves: On Some Countercultural Echoes of Contemporary Tantric Studies;446
7.3;Tantra, American Style: From the Path of Power to the Yoga of Sex;468
7.4;The Serpent Rises in the West: Positive Orientalism and Reinterpretation of Tantra in the Western Left-Hand Path;506
8;Notes on Contributors;532
9;Index;536

Über Autor(innen)

Keul, István
István Keul, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

István Keul, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.