Transformations and Transfer of Tantra in Asia and Beyond

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Transformations and Transfer of Tantra in Asia and Beyond

Edited by: István Keul

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Published/Copyright: 2012

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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.

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

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	i
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	v
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	vii
Introduction István Keul Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Part I. South Asia
Recoding the Natural and Animating the Imaginary. Kaula Body-practices in the Paraśurāma-Kalpasūtra, Ritual Transfers, and the Politics of Representation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	19
Some Observations on an Uṣṇīṣa Abhiṣeka Rite in Atikūṭa’s Dhāraṇīsaṃgraha Ronald M. Davidson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
From Mātr̥ to Yoginī. Continuity and Transformation in the South Asian Cults of the Mother Goddesses Shaman Hatley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	99
Rivers to the Sky: Transformation, Metaphor, and Worldview in Bengali Tantric Traditions Glen Alexander Hayes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	131
Modern Bengali Śākta Tāntrikas: Ethnography, Image, and Stereotype June McDaniel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	147
Transformations in the Textual Tradition of Dhūmāvatī. Changes in the Reception of the Tantric Mahāvidyā-Goddess in Ritual, Function, Iconography, and Mythology Xenia Zeiler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	165
Reconnecting to What? Imagined Continuities and Discursive Overlaps at Tantrapīṭhas in Central and Eastern India István Keul Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	195
The Absent Mother and Bodied Speech. Psychology and Gender in late Medieval Tantra Loriliai Biernacki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	215
Part II. Mongolia, Tibet, and China
Embodying the Dharma. The Buddhist Way into Mongolia Karénina Kollmar-Paulenz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	239
Amitāyus and the Development of Tantric Practices for Longevity and Health in Tibet Geoffrey Samuel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	263
Ritual Expertise and Imperial Sovereignty; Some Remarks on Tantric Ritual Pragmatics in Medieval China Martin Lehnert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	287
The Trouble with Tantra in China: Reflections on Method and History Charles D. Orzech Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	303
Part III. Japan
Taimitsu Rituals in Medieval Japan: Sectarian Competition and the Dynamics of Tantric Performance Lucia Dolce Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	329
Conversions of Tantric Buddhist Ritual: The Yoshida Shintō Jūhachishintō Ritual Richard K. Payne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	365
Impact of Tantrism on Japanese Religious Traditions: The Cult of the Three Devas Bernard Faure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	399
Part IV. … and Beyond
Kālacakra in Transition: From the Apocalypse to the Promotion of World Peace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	413
Remembering Ourselves: On Some Countercultural Echoes of Contemporary Tantric Studies Jeffrey J. Kripal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	435
Tantra, American Style: From the Path of Power to the Yoga of Sex Hugh B. Urban Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	457
The Serpent Rises in the West: Positive Orientalism and Reinterpretation of Tantra in the Western Left-Hand Path Kennet Granholm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	495
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	521
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	525

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January 16, 2012

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Tantra; Tantrism; Asian Religions; History of Religion

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