Consecration of Images and Stûpas in Indo-Tibetan Tantric Buddhism

Yael Bentor (Autor)

Buch | Ledereinband/Edeleinband

440 Seiten

1996
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-10541-6 (ISBN)

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This study of the Indo-Tibetan ritual of rendering religious objects sacred concerns one of the fundamental Buddhist tantric processes of transformation into a chosen tantric Buddha. It provides a general discussion of the ritual as well as detailed analyses of each ritual step in the composite present-day consecration.

The present work is an investigation of the Indo-Tibetan ritual for consecrating images, stûpas, books and temples. It is based on a thorough examination of the relevant Tibetan textual material contained in Tantras, commentaries, ritual manuals and explanatory works on consecration. As rituals are meant to be performed, this textual study is combined with observations of performances and interviews with performers.
The book opens with a general discussion of certain principles of tantric rituals and the foundations of Indo-Tibetan consecration. The main part focuses on a specific performance of the ritual in a Tibetan monastery located in the Kathmandu Valley.
This volume contributes to the often neglected field of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist rituals. It is concerned with the sacred nature of objects for worship as well as with the main Buddhist tantric transformation into a chosen tantric Buddha.

Yael Bentor, Ph.D. (1991) in Tibetan Studies, Indiana University, is a Lecturer in Tibetan Buddhism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her major research field is Indo-Tibetan rituals. She is author of several articles on this subject published in scholarly journals.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.7.1996
Reihe/Serie	Brill's Indological Library ; 11
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	814 g
Einbandart	Leinen
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
ISBN-10	90-04-10541-7 / 9004105417
ISBN-13	978-90-04-10541-6 / 9789004105416
Zustand	Neuware