A Buddhist's guide to self-destruction: Jñānaśrīmitra on the structure of yogic perception
This article explores the structure of cultivated religious experience. For the Buddhist philosopher Jñānaśrīmitra (c. 980-1040), the religious experience of the Buddhist yogin (yogipratyakṣa) is not spontaneous or sporadic but must be intentionally and rationally cultivated. I argue that Jñānaśrīmi...
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2024
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Religious studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 60, Issue: 2, Pages: 219-234 |
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Religious Experience
B Buddhism B transformative experience B yogic perception B Buddhist epistemology |
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