A Study on the Change and Development of Mongolian Religion and Society oriented with Influences of Esoteric Buddhism in Tibetan Buddhism to Mongolian Buddhism

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 207-236
Author(s):  
Demberel Duinkharjav
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Buddhism ◽  
Esoteric Buddhism

Rñiṅ-ma-pa: the Early Form of Lamaism

1948 ◽  
Vol 80 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 142-163
Author(s):  
Li An-che
Keyword(s):  
Direct Instruction ◽  
Tibetan Buddhism ◽  
Early Form ◽  
Esoteric Buddhism

Rñiṅ-ma-pa is the early form of Lamaism or Tibetan Buddhism, as the name shows, but is popularly known as the Red Sect. The term “early” refers to Buddhism as introduced into Tibet before its destruction in the reign of King Glan-dar-ma (836–841). There is no difference between the exoteric Buddhism of the early and later periods. But in esoteric Buddhism, dependent upon direct instruction of the masters, there is a difference between the two. The early form and what has persisted since then is known as the “earlier translation” (sṅa-hgyur) or Rñiṅ-ma; and what was reintroduced after that king's death is known as “later translation” (phyihgyur), which branches out into different sects such as the Sa-skyapa, the Bkah-brgyud-pa, and the Dge-lugs-pa, popularly called the Mixed-coloured, the White, and the Yellow. This paper is concerned only with the Red Sect.

Tibetan Buddhism: Admired and Recommended; Yet It Remains Elusive

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshimi Matsuda
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Buddhism

Seeing, Touching, Holding, and Swallowing Tibetan Buddhist Texts

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 137-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathy Cantwell
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Buddhism ◽  
Sensory Experience ◽  
Tibetan Buddhist ◽  
Sacred Texts ◽  
The Senses ◽  
Rich Material ◽  
Scholarly Attention ◽  
Book Culture

The iconic dimension of holy books has drawn increasing scholarly attention in recent years (e.g. Iconic Books and Texts, James Watts, ed., London, Equinox, 2013). Asian Buddhism provides rich material for considering the ritualization of engagement with sacred texts. In Tibetan Buddhism, this aspect of book culture is perhaps especially pronounced (see, for instance, Schaeffer 2009, especially Chapter 6; Elliott, Diemberger and Clemente 2014). This paper explores the topic in relation to the engagement of the senses in Tibetan context, through seeing, touching, holding and tasting texts. It would seem that it is not the sensory experience in itself, but rather the physical experience of a transmission and incorporation of the sacred qualities from the books into the person which is emphasized in these practices. Parallels and contrasts with examples from elsewhere are mentioned, and there is some consideration of the breadth of the category of sacred books in the Tibetan context in which Dharma teachings may take many forms.

scholarly journals Macho Buddhism: Gender and Sexualities in the Diamond Way

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-103
Author(s):  
Burkhard Scherer
Keyword(s):  
Tibetan Buddhism ◽  
Gender Stereotyping ◽  
Sexual Ethics ◽  
Tibetan Buddhist ◽  
Historical Source ◽  
The West ◽  
Cultural Attitudes ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Previous Scholarship

Western Tibetan Buddhist movements have been described as bourgeois and puritanical in previous scholarship. In contrast, Ole Nydahl’s convert lay Karma Kagyu Buddhist movement, the Diamond Way, has drawn attention for its apparently hedonistic style. This article addresses the wider issues of continuity and change during the transition of Tibetan Buddhism from Asia to the West. It analyses views on and performances of gender, sexual ethics and sexualities both diachronically through textual-historical source and discourse analysis and synchronically through qualitative ethnography. In this way the article demonstrates how the approaches of contemporary gender and sexualities studies can serve as a way to question the Diamond Way Buddhism’s location in the ‘tradition vs modernity’ debate. Nydahl’s pre-modern gender stereotyping, the hetero-machismo of the Diamond Way and the mildly homophobic tone and content of Nydahl’s teaching are interpreted in light of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist sexual ethics and traditional Tibetan cultural attitudes on sexualities. By excavating the emic genealogy of Nydahl’s teachings, the article suggests that Nydahl’s and the Diamond Way’s view on and performance of gender and sexualities are consistent with his propagation of convert Buddhist neo-orthodoxy.

Chinese and Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-73
Author(s):  
Geoffrey C. Goble
Keyword(s):  
Esoteric Buddhism
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