Piercing to the Pith of the Body: The Evolution of Body Mandala and Tantric Corporeality in Tibet

Piercing to the Pith of the Body: The Evolution of Body Mandala and Tantric Corporeality in Tibet

Buddhist tantric practitioners embrace the liminal status of the human body to manifest divine identity. In piercing to the pith of human embodiment, the tantric practitioner reconfigures the shape and contours of his/her reality. This article investigates the evolution of one particular technique f...

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Main Author: Dachille, Rae
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Coll Humanities, Dept Religious Studies & Class & East Asian Studi
Language:en
Published: MDPI AG 2017
Subjects:
tantra
body mandala
tantric ritual
Guhyasamaja Tantra
Mkhas grub rje
sadhana
bardo
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626108
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/626108

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http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626108
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/626108

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