Becoming a Buddha: A Semiotic Analysis of Visualizations in Tibetan Buddhism
This essay analyzes certain aspects ot Vajrayana Buddhism using François Rasner's theory of anthropic zones. Sadhand texts are examined, in which complex visualizations are used to invite the practitioner to be progressively transformed into an enlightened being, or Buddha
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Three Pines Press
2019
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Mysticism and meaning
Year: 2019, Pages: 228-248 |
| Summary: | This essay analyzes certain aspects ot Vajrayana Buddhism using François Rasner's theory of anthropic zones. Sadhand texts are examined, in which complex visualizations are used to invite the practitioner to be progressively transformed into an enlightened being, or Buddha |
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| ISBN: | 193148340X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Mysticism and meaning
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