Bodies of Knowledge: Bodily Perfection in Tantric Buddhist Practice

This essay explores conflicting attitudes toward the body in Buddhist literature, with a focus on the tantric Buddhist traditions of yoga and meditation, which advanced the notion that the body was an innately pure site for realization while nonetheless still encumbered with earlier notions of the b...

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Published in:Religions
Main Author: Gray, David B. 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2021]
In: Religions
Further subjects:B Non-duality
B Buddhism
B Tantra
B Meditation
B Kanakhalā
B subtle body
B Heruka Body Mandala
B Yoginītantras
B Yoga
B Mekhalā
B Body
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