Naked seeing: The great perfection, the wheel of time, and visionary Buddhism in Renaissance Tibet

'Naked Seeing' investigates visionary yogas in the Tibetan Bon and Buddhist traditions: practices in which a meditator spends long periods of time in a dark room or gazing at the open sky, with the goal of experiencing luminous visions. The book examines these practices in two major esoter...

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Main Author: Hatchell, Christopher (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2014
In:Year: 2014
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Buddhist literature / Light
B Vajrayāna / Kālachakra / Rdzogs-chen
Further subjects:B Rdzogs-chen
B Kālacakra (Tantric rite)
B Tantric Buddhism Tibet Region Rituals
B Tantric Buddhism ; Tibet Region ; Rituals
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:'Naked Seeing' investigates visionary yogas in the Tibetan Bon and Buddhist traditions: practices in which a meditator spends long periods of time in a dark room or gazing at the open sky, with the goal of experiencing luminous visions. The book examines these practices in two major esoteric traditions and offers complete English translations of three major Tibetan texts associated with these traditions.
ISBN:0199369984
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199982905.001.0001