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temper tantrics: yab yum for all
Because Tantric art is meant to serve a religious, rather than an aesthetic purpose, and because artists believed that they acquired spiritual merit by copying prototypes, the art has not greatly changed over the centuries. The emphasis is not on … Continue reading
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Tagged Aditya Arya, Brad Warner, Buddhism Himalaya, David Chapman, Donald Fagen, Eileen Kernaghan, Genpo Roschi, Gerhard Heym, James Stanten Taylor, Jenna Swann, Jeremy Khan, John Powers, Judith Simmer-Brown, N.F. Karlins, Rubin Museum, Steely Dan, Tantric Buddhism, Tom Landon, Walter Becker
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thunderbolts- cosmic tantric devices
Both in Hindu and in Buddhist Tantric beliefs, the duality of the sexes was developed with particular emphasis. One of the cardinal doctrines was the worship of the spiritual-sexual principle: the union of opposites. Dhyana, or meditation as abstract thought, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aditya Arya, Brad Warner, Buddhism, David Chapman, Gerhard Heym, Henry David Thoreau, James Standen taylor, Jeremy Khan, John Powers, Martin Buber, N.F. Karlins, Rubin Museum, Tantric Buddhism, Tom Landon
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Taras and Bodhisattvas: long ago and far away
In the high Himalaya, mountain demons and Hindu deities fused with the Buddhist vision to create a magical art…. One of the last great remote areas of the world are the wind-swept mountain walled valleys of the Himalaya. Here a … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc.
Tagged Aditya Arya, Brad Warner, Buddhism, Buddhism Himalaya, David Chapman, Genpo Roshi, James Standen taylor, Jane vance, Jenna Swann, Jeremy Khan, N.F. Karlins, Ribin Museum of Art, Rubin Museum, Tantric Buddhism, Tom Landon
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