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Disclosing the Empty Secret: Textuality and Embodiment in the Cakrasamvara Tantra
Author Gray, David B.
Source Numen: International Review for the History of Religions
Volumev.52 n.4
Date2005
Pages417 - 444
PublisherBrill
Publisher Url http://www.brill.com/
LocationLeiden, the Netherlands [萊登, 荷蘭]
Content type期刊論文=Journal Article
Language英文=English
KeywordBuddhas; Cakrasamvara (Buddhist deity); religion; religious biography; Tantric Buddhism
AbstractThis article seeks to shed light on the textuality of Buddhist tantras and the esotericism that characterizes this genre of literature. It first examines the development of Buddhist models of textuality. Esoteric Buddhists developed a sophisticated textual theory that linked their scriptures to the gnosis of the Buddhas, which they claimed their practices could achieve most efficaciously. But the relation between text and practice is a problematical one. Indian Buddhists commentators on Cakrasamvara Tantra sought to resolve this problem through the trope of the "secret," an empty signifier that points both to practice traditions that are to be concealed, and an undisclosable gnosis to which some practices lead, and which others presuppose. The article closes with a survey of the changing interpretations of the "secret" as the tradition itself changed, highlighting the central importance of sexuality in the history of this tradition.
Table of contentsSummary 417
Introduction 417
Textuality and Embodiment in Indian Buddhism 418
Disclosing the Empty Secret: Textual Practice in the Cakrasamvara Tantra 430
Further Reflection 439
ISSN00295973 (P); 15685276 (E)
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Created date2006.09.12
Modified date2019.12.02



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