This dissertation looks at an attempt in Buddhist history to theorize the role and status of the body as the prime focus of soteriological discourse. It studies a text titled Explanation of the Hidden Vajra Body (Rdo rje lus kyi sbas bshad), composed by Yang dgon pa Rgyal mtshan dpal (1213-1258). This work, drawing on a wide range of canonical tantric Buddhist scriptures and Indic and Tibetan commentaries, lays out in detail a Buddhist theory of embodiment that brings together the worldly realities of the body with their enlightened transformation. This dissertation analyzes the ways Yang dgon pa theorizes the body as the essential ground of the salvific path, and endeavors to provide a thematic guide to his rich and complex discussion of w...
The problem how and in what manner the Buddha is to be conceived was dealt with in what is called th...
This dissertation presents a complete translation and critical edition of the autobiography of the T...
This article considers issues of authorship and textual development over the generations, focusing o...
This dissertation looks at an attempt in Buddhist history to theorize the role and status of the bod...
Buddhist texts perpetually remind readers to realize the pervasive nature of suffering by reflecting...
Buddhist tantric practitioners embrace the liminal status of the human body to manifest divine ident...
The eighth-century Indian Buddhist master Buddhagupta (more commonly known as Buddhaguhya) is one of...
This paper is based on my understanding and analysis of a number of ideas related with the body with...
Poststructuralist debates around the body have demonstrated how our knowledge of the body is constit...
Dhamma is one of the most important and most difficult concepts in Pali Buddhism. Its significance l...
Tsongkhapa as Dzokchenpa: Nyingma Discourses and Geluk Sources Despite their frequent depiction as p...
This thesis examines the role of translation and the formation of Vajrayāna Buddhist subjects in rel...
The dissertation examines the life narrative of Tsongkhapa Losang Dragpa (1357-1419), the influentia...
The Sutra of the Gathered Intentions of All the Buddhas (Tib. Sangs rgyas thams cad dgongs pa 'dus ...
This paper contributes to the study of Tibetan oracles by analyzing a distinctive case of a contempo...
The problem how and in what manner the Buddha is to be conceived was dealt with in what is called th...
This dissertation presents a complete translation and critical edition of the autobiography of the T...
This article considers issues of authorship and textual development over the generations, focusing o...
This dissertation looks at an attempt in Buddhist history to theorize the role and status of the bod...
Buddhist texts perpetually remind readers to realize the pervasive nature of suffering by reflecting...
Buddhist tantric practitioners embrace the liminal status of the human body to manifest divine ident...
The eighth-century Indian Buddhist master Buddhagupta (more commonly known as Buddhaguhya) is one of...
This paper is based on my understanding and analysis of a number of ideas related with the body with...
Poststructuralist debates around the body have demonstrated how our knowledge of the body is constit...
Dhamma is one of the most important and most difficult concepts in Pali Buddhism. Its significance l...
Tsongkhapa as Dzokchenpa: Nyingma Discourses and Geluk Sources Despite their frequent depiction as p...
This thesis examines the role of translation and the formation of Vajrayāna Buddhist subjects in rel...
The dissertation examines the life narrative of Tsongkhapa Losang Dragpa (1357-1419), the influentia...
The Sutra of the Gathered Intentions of All the Buddhas (Tib. Sangs rgyas thams cad dgongs pa 'dus ...
This paper contributes to the study of Tibetan oracles by analyzing a distinctive case of a contempo...
The problem how and in what manner the Buddha is to be conceived was dealt with in what is called th...
This dissertation presents a complete translation and critical edition of the autobiography of the T...
This article considers issues of authorship and textual development over the generations, focusing o...