Nondualism in Early Śākta Tantras: Transgressive Rites and Their Ontological Justification in a Historical Perspective

Törzsök, Judit

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“…It seems that transcendence of Indian caste purity rules is particularly played on in the ritual traditions focusing on producing transformative elixir with key ingredients classed 33 That is, the arranged medicinal substances, which feature the tantric five fleshes and five elixirs, the most polluting of all substances from a classically Indian viewpoint, yet constitute potent consecrated elixir, partaking of Amṛtakuṇḍalī's nature, from the tantric pure-vision perspective, already developed in the earlier practice. 34 Törzsök (2014) discusses the ritual use of impure substances in various strands of Hindu tantras, and their differing ontological connotations. This Buddhist inner tantra context is more similar to the later groups described by Törzsök which upheld a non-dual ontology, although of course, the philosophical implications were somewhat different in the Buddhist tantras.…”

Section: Ritual Manual For Guru Chöwang's Ultra Secret Razor Vajrakīlmentioning

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Reflections on Rasāyana, Bcud Len and Related Practices in Nyingma (Rnying Ma) Tantric Ritual

Cantwell

2017

Hist. Sci. South Asia

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The Tibetan term, bcud len, "imbibing the essence juice", is considered an equivalent for the Sanskrit term, rasāyana. But in Tibetan Buddhist ritual manuals, both terms occur, apparently with slightly different connotations. Practices classified as bcud len are frequently relatively short, and seem primarily designed for the use of individual yogis, usually as a subsidiary practice to complement their main tantric meditation. The production of bcud len pills which are said to sustain, rejuvenate and extend the life of the body, or even to bring immortality, is often an integral part of the practice. The term, rasāyana, is used in Tibetan transliteration (ra sā ya na), not as a title or classification for a specific ritual practice or recipe for pills, but rather to refer to the processes of alchemical transformation of substances within complex ritual "medicinal accomplishment" (sman sgrub) performances which are generally communal. In this case too, pills are produced, of the broader "sacred elixir dharma medicine" (dam rdzas bdud rtsi chos sman) type. This paper will consider a range of the practices, and of substances used in the sacred medicinal compounds.

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Section: Ritual Manual For Guru Chöwang's Ultra Secret Razor Vajrakīlmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reflections on Rasāyana, Bcud Len and Related Practices in Nyingma (Rnying Ma) Tantric Ritual

Cantwell

2017

Hist. Sci. South Asia

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Hinduism and the Goddess

Wernicke-Olesen¹

2022

Wiley Blackwell Companion to Hinduism

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Discerning Philosophy in the Uttarāmnāya Liturgies of the Newars

Pangsrivongse

2023

J Indian Philos

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Although the Kaula literature of the Newars did not give rise to a systematic philosophical school like that of their Kashmiri counterparts, I will argue in this article that philosophical thinking can be detected in Newar ritual texts. I do this by translating and analysing the unpublished Kālīsūtra, an important hymn found in Newar Uttarāmnāya liturgies whose transmission and composition will also be touched upon. This hymn indicates that the cult of Kālī in Nepal had a distinct ontological stance tending towards a non-dualism which was world-affirming while also seeing consciousness as the ultimate reality. Several key conceptual strands of the Sūtra such as the relationship between transcendence and immanence, reality and cognition and the divine and the body will be elaborated upon. In the process, I will show that the Kālīsūtra’s philosophy brings into sharper focus doctrines already present in the canonical Krama and thus displays many affinities with the Pratyabhijñā, a school which shares its cultic backdrop.

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Nondualism in Early Śākta Tantras: Transgressive Rites and Their Ontological Justification in a Historical Perspective

Cited by 5 publications

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Reflections on Rasāyana, Bcud Len and Related Practices in Nyingma (Rnying Ma) Tantric Ritual

Reflections on Rasāyana, Bcud Len and Related Practices in Nyingma (Rnying Ma) Tantric Ritual

Hinduism and the Goddess

Discerning Philosophy in the Uttarāmnāya Liturgies of the Newars

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