Searching for the body: a contemporary perspective on tibetan buddhist tantra

In the early fifteenth century, two Tibetan monks debated how to transform the body ritually into a celestial palace inhabited by buddhas. Searching for the Body demonstrates the significance of this debate for understandings of Tibetan Buddhism as well as conversations on representation and embodim...

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Main Author: Dachille, Rae Erin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Columbia University Press [2022]
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:In the early fifteenth century, two Tibetan monks debated how to transform the body ritually into a celestial palace inhabited by buddhas. Searching for the Body demonstrates the significance of this debate for understandings of Tibetan Buddhism as well as conversations on representation and embodiment occurring across the disciplines today
Physical Description:1 online resource illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9780231556316
0231556314

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