Transformations and Transfer of Tantra in Asia and Beyond

Author： Keul István

Publisher： De Gruyter‎

Publication year： 2012

E-ISBN: 9783110258110

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783110258103

Subject： B946.6 Tantric religions (Mi, Mantrayana, Vajrayana)

Keyword：宗教

Language： ENG

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Description

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. The chapters 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.

Chapter

Introduction

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

Some Observations on an Uṣṇīṣa Abhiṣeka Rite in Atikūṭa’s Dhāraṇīsaṃgraha

From Mātr to Yoginī. Continuity and Transformation in the South Asian Cults of the Mother Goddesses

Rivers to the Sky: Transformation, Metaphor, and Worldview in Bengali Tantric Traditions

Modern Bengali Śākta Tāntrikas: Ethnography, Image, and Stereotype

Transformations in the Textual Tradition of Dhūmāvatī. Changes in the Reception of the Tantric Mahāvidyā-Goddess in Ritual, Function, Iconography, and Mythology

Reconnecting to What? Imagined Continuities and Discursive Overlaps at Tantrapīṭhas in Central and Eastern India

The Absent Mother and Bodied Speech: Psychology and Gender in Late Medieval Tantra

PART II. Mongolia, Tibet, and China

Embodying the Dharma: The Buddhist Way into Mongolia

Amitāyus and the Development of Tantric Practices for Longevity and Health in Tibet

Ritual Expertise and Imperial Sovereignty: Some Remarks on Tantric Ritual Pragmatics in Medieval China

The Trouble with Tantra in China: Reflections on Method and History

PART III. Japan

Taimitsu Rituals in Medieval Japan: Sectarian Competition and the Dynamics of Tantric Performance

Conversions of Tantric Buddhist Ritual: The Yoshida Shintō Jūhachishintō Ritual

The Impact of Tantrism on Japanese Religious Traditions: The Cult of the Three Devas

PART IV ...and Beyond

Kālacakra in Transition: From the Apocalypse to the Promotion of World Peace

Remembering Ourselves: On Some Countercultural Echoes of Contemporary Tantric Studies

Tantra, American Style: From the Path of Power to the Yoga of Sex

The Serpent Rises in the West: Positive Orientalism and Reinterpretation of Tantra in the Western Left-Hand Path

Notes on Contributors

Index