David B. Gray (1) (1969–)
Auteur de The Cakrasamvara Tantra: A Study and Annotated Translation (Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences)
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Œuvres de David B. Gray
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1969
- Sexe
- male
- Professions
- assistant professor
- Organisations
- Santa Clara University
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 2
- Membres
- 53
- Popularité
- #303,173
- Évaluation
- 5.0
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 11
- Langues
- 1
The book is divided into three sections dedicated to South Asia, Central Asia, and East Asia. The essays cover such topics as the changing ideal of masculinity in Buddhist literature, the controversy triggered by the transmission of the Indian Buddhist deity Heruka to Tibet in the 10th century, and the evolution of a Chinese Buddhist Tantric tradition in the form of the True Buddha School. The book as a whole addresses complex and contested categories in the field of religious studies, including the concept of syncretism and the various ways that the change and transformation of religious traditions can be described and articulated.
The authors, leading scholars in Tantric studies, draw on a wide array of methodologies from the fields of history, anthropology, art history, and sociology. Tantric Traditions in Transmission and Translation is groundbreaking in its attempt to look past religious, linguistic, and cultural boundaries.… (plus d'informations)