Raising the Buddha’s Hand: Illusory Ownership in the Experience of Identification with a Supernatural Agent in Deity Yoga
Deity yoga is a practice found in Tibetan Buddhism involving visualizations that have the normative goal of "becoming one" with a supernatural being. During the practice, practitioners report experiencing that their own body transforms into the body of the deity. This paper offers a potent...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2023
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| In: |
Journal for the cognitive science of religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 32-53 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lamaism
/ Bodily experience
/ Illusion
/ Cognition
/ Visualization
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| RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBM Asia ZD Psychology |
| Further subjects: | B
rubber hand
B illusory ownership B Religious Experience B visualization B deity yoga B Religion B supernatural agent |
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