Indian Esoteric Buddhism: Social History of the Tantric MovementMotilal Banarsidass Publ., 2004 - 495 หน้า Despite the rapid spread of Buddhism -- especially the esoteric system of Tantra, one of its most popular yet most misunderstood forms -- the historical origins of Buddhist thought and practice remain obscure. This groundbreaking work describes the genesis of the Tantric movement in early medieval India, where it developed as a response to, and in some ways an example of, the feudalization of Indian society. Drawing on primary documents -- many translated for the first time -- from Sanskrit, Prakrit, Tibetan, Bengali, and Chinese, Ronald Davidson shows how changes in medieval Indian society, including economic and patronage crises, a decline in women's participation, and the formation of large monastic orders, led to the rise of the esoteric tradition in India that became the model for Buddhist cultures in China, Tibet, and Japan. |
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Introduction A Plethora of Premises | 1 |
Habits of the Heart Deductive Premises and Buddhist Inhibitions | 7 |
Artes Historicae in the Renaissance | 15 |
Tropes Heuristics and Other Dangerous Things | 22 |
Prayers in the Palace Swords in the Temple Early Medieval India | 25 |
The Occlusion of the Medieval | 26 |
Early Medieval Political and Military Events | 30 |
The Culture of Military Opportunism | 62 |
KapalikaBuddhist Conversions | 217 |
The Pasupatas | 218 |
Siddhas in the Tribal Landscape | 224 |
A Complex Terrain | 233 |
Siddhas Literature and Language | 236 |
Regional Towns and the Lay Siddha | 237 |
The Hidden Scriptures | 239 |
From Transmission to Reception | 245 |
Aesthetics and the Apotheosis of Kingship | 68 |
Feudalization of Divinity | 71 |
Early Medieval Vitality | 74 |
The Medieval Buddhist Experience | 75 |
Guilds Commerce and Political Legitimacy | 77 |
Politics Patronage and Ethics The Loss of Kuntala and Andhrapatha | 83 |
Medieval Womens Buddhism Hidden from View or Missing in Action? | 91 |
The Agenda of Skepticism | 99 |
The Turn to Epistemology | 102 |
Big Important Monasteries Administrators in Maroon Robes | 105 |
A Tradition Under Duress | 111 |
The Victory of Esoterism and the Imperial Metaphor | 113 |
The SeventhCentury Beginning | 116 |
Becoming the Rajadhiraja The Central Mantrayana Metaphor | 118 |
Mandalas and Fields of Plenty | 131 |
Becoming the Institution | 144 |
Monks and Their Rituals | 153 |
Sacralization of the Domain | 160 |
Esoteric Buddhism as Sacralized Samanta Feudalism | 166 |
Siddhas and the Religious Landscape | 169 |
Some Siddha Social Models | 171 |
First Moments in Siddha Identity | 173 |
Saiva and Sakta Ascetic Orders | 177 |
Marginal Siddha Topography | 187 |
The Agnostic Landscape | 191 |
Buddhist Siddhas and the Vidyadharas | 194 |
Chronological Concerns and Saiva Exchanges | 202 |
Indian Scared Geography | 206 |
Siddha Divinities Bhairava and Heruka | 211 |
The Buddhas Talking Skull Excites Women Kills Snakes and Belches a Book | 247 |
Everything Your Know Is Wrong | 252 |
The Construct of Coded Language | 257 |
Coded Language as Secret Ritual Words | 262 |
Secret Sacred Sociolinguistics | 269 |
Extreme Language and Comedy in the Tantras | 277 |
The Literature of Perfection | 290 |
Siddhas Monks and Communities | 293 |
Siddha Mandalas Circles of Goddesses | 294 |
Siddhas in a Circle Siddhas in a Line Siddhas in a Mob | 303 |
Buddhajnanapadas Travels | 309 |
Gatherings and Ganacakras The Ritual Community | 318 |
Rules of Order | 322 |
SelfCriticism and Correction | 327 |
Becoming the VidyadharaCakravartin | 330 |
Its a Siddhas Life | 334 |
Conclusion The Esoteric Conundrum | 336 |
Probable Pasupata Sites | 341 |
Glossary | 345 |
Notes | 349 |
Abbreviations | 415 |
Bibliography | 417 |
Chinese Sources | 432 |
Indigenous Tibetan Sources | 433 |
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Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric Movement Ronald M. Davidson ชมบางส่วนของหนังสือ - 2002 |
Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric Movement Ronald M. Davidson ชมบางส่วนของหนังสือ - 2002 |
Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric Movement Ronald M. Davidson ชมบางส่วนของหนังสือ - 2002 |