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Deity Practice in the FPMT: Understanding the Nature of the Tibetan Buddhist Deity from the Western Practitioner’s Perspective
Author Eddy, Glenys (著)
Source Culture and Religion: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Volumev.20 n.2
Date2019
Pages169 - 191
PublisherRoutledge
Publisher Url https://www.routledge.com/
LocationAbingdon, UK [阿賓登, 英國]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
Keywordconversion to Buddhism; cultural translation; traditionalist Buddhism; deity yoga; Western Buddhism; Buddhist meditation
AbstractIn contrast to forms of Buddhism popular in the West such as Vipassana meditation and Zen Buddhism which emphasize doctrinal study, meditation practice, and personal transformation above traditional rituals of deity yoga and merit-making, and Buddhist cosmology, Tibetan Buddhism retains its traditional framework of belief and practice. The worldwide Gelugpa Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) teaches the traditional practice of deity visualization, during which the meditator generates the view of the visualized deity as that of emptiness, the understanding that all objects, including buddhas, bodhisattvas, and deities are ultimately empty of inherent existence. Data obtained from fieldwork conducted at two FPMT centres: Vajrayana Institute in Sydney, Australia, and Kopan Monastery in Nepal, suggests an interpretation of the manner in which practitioners come to an appreciation of deity practice in the broader context of the FPMT's teachings. In outlining how this occurs, I discuss the role of doctrine including the ontological status of the deity, and the role of personal experience and both personal and traditional religious authority in this interpretive process. Here, I aim to add to scholarly understanding of how Western practitioners come to accept the traditional elements of non-Western religions such as forms of Tibetan Buddhism.
ISSN14755610 (P); 14755629 (E)
DOI10.1080/14755610.2019.1627376
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Created date2022.01.26
Modified date2022.01.26



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