Subtle Bodies, Wrathful Deities and Men in Buddhist Tantric Traditions
Combining fearsome images, ‘magical’ rites of subjugation and challenging portrayals of sexuality, wrathful deities appear to epitomize all that makes tantric Buddhism distant from early Buddhism’s traditional orientations. On one level, this distance can be attributed to processes of incorporation...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2007
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2007, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-45 |
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Buddhism
B Tantra B Magic B Mauss B Gender B Durkheim B ‘subtle body’ |
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