Tantric traditions in transmission and translation / edited by David B. Gray, Ryan Richard Overbey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gray, David B., 1969- editor.

Overbey, Ryan Richard, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tantric Buddhism.

Physical Description:

ix, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Summary:

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 until now. This collection of original essays fills this gap by examining the ways in which Tantric Buddhist traditions have changed overtime and distance as they have spread across cultural boundaries in Asia. The book is divided into three sections dedicated to South Asia, Central Asia, and East Asia. The essays cover such topics as the changing ideal of masculinity in Buddhist literature, the controversy triggered by the transmission of the Indian Buddhist deit Heruka to Tibet in the 10th century, and the evolution of a Chinese Buddhist Tantric tradition in the form or the True Buddha School. The book as a whole addresses complex and contested categories in the field of religious studies, including the concept of syncretism and the various ways that the change and transformation of religious traditions can be described and articulated. The authors, leading scholars in Tantric studies, draw on a wide array of methodologies from the fields of history, anthropology, art history, and sociology. Tantric Traditions in Transmission and Translation is groundbreaking in its attempt to look past religious, linguistic, and cultural boundaries. Book jacket.

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 ḍākinī: goddess cults and tantras of the yoginīs between Buddhism and Śaivism / Shaman Hatley

Vajrayāna traditions in Nepal / Todd Lewis and Naresh Man Bajracharya

How dhāraṇīs were proto-tantric: liturgies, ritual manuals, and the origins of the tantras / Jacob P. 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 Vajrayāna Buddhism / Tam Wai Lun.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Tantric traditions in transmission and translation.

ISBN:

9780199763696

0199763690

9780199763689

0199763682

OCLC:

932050580