By way of body
Subtitle: the Tantric body in theory and practice
By: by Ryan Van Lenning
Publisher: Pull The Root Imprints
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oakland, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Tantrism; Body, Human -- Religious aspects; Kashmir Shaivism; Yoga; Hinduism
First sentence: Hindu Tantrism has gained notoriety for its unconventional rituals and beliefs.  Its unorthodoxy is nowhere more evident than in its conceptions and uses of the body and desire, which are in striking juxtaposition to 'traditional' Indian thought.
Description: Examines conceptions of embodiment and uses of the body in Hindu Tantric traditions.  The human body is seen to be both a site of limitation and bondage and a site of expansion and means to liberation.  How this ambiguity is mediated in Tantric practice is explored through an examination of specific ritual and yogic practices centered on the body.  One of the major conclusions advanced is that body is the central site of hierophany--or appearance of the sacred--within Hindu Tantrism, and in particular Kashmir Shaivism.
Notes: Typescript (photocopy)

Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of Comparative Religion, 2000

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-143)
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