“I Can’t Do All This—This Is Nuts!”: An Ethnographic Account of the Challenges Posed by Vajrayāna Deity Yoga in a Western Context
This article provides an in-depth exploration of the contextual, epistemic, ethical, personal, practical, religious, and socio-cultural factors that sixteen Western practitioners of Vajrayāna Buddhism highlighted as having particularly challenged their ability to learn and engage in deity yoga, incl...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
2023
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Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 7 |
| Further subjects: | B
Tantra
B guru–student relationship B Buddhist faith B deity yoga B Western Buddhism B Buddhist devotion B Vajrayāna Buddhism B yidam B meditation-related challenges B ngöndro |
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