History and Myth: Mahāmudrā Lineage Accounts in the 12th-Century Xixia Buddhist Literature

Mahāmudrā-an Indo-Tibetan phenomenon of Buddhist spirituality-constitutes in its systematic presentation a path that maps out the mystical quest for direct experience of ultimate reality. Despite the post-15th century bKa'-brgyud attempts at a codified Mahāmudrā genealogy, the early Tibetan sou...

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Main Author: Zhang, Linghui (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-16
Further subjects:B Buddhist siddha
B Tibetan Buddhism
B Xixia Buddhist literature
B religious history of tantric Buddhism
B Chinese tantric Buddhist literature
B Mahāmudrā
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