The inner kalacakratantra : a Buddhist tantric view of the individual / Vesna A. Wallace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wallace, Vesna A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist anthropology.

Human body--Religious aspects--Buddhism.

Human body.

Tantric Buddhism--Doctrines.

Tantric Buddhism.

Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Tantra. Kālacakratantra--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Tripiṭaka.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Kalacakratantra is the latest and most comprehensive Buddhist Tantra that is available in its original Sanskrit. The Kalacakratantra's five chapters are classified into three categories: outer, inner, and other Kalacakratantra. This text focuses on the inner Kalacakratantra.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

1 The Broader Theoretical Framework of the K&amp

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lacakratantra

2 A History of the sad-anga-yoga of the K&amp

lacakratantra and Its Relation to Other Religious Traditions of India

3 The Nature of Syncretism in the K&amp

4 The Concept of Science in the K&amp

lacakra Tradition

5 The Cosmic Body

6 The Social Body

7 The Gnostic Body

8 The Transformative Body

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-259) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-47078-X

0-19-802848-2

1-4237-2749-5

9786610470785

OCLC:

922952353