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

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 genealo...

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Main Author: Linghui Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Religions
Subjects:
Mahāmudrā
religious history of tantric Buddhism
Buddhist siddha
Tibetan Buddhism
Xixia Buddhist literature
Chinese tantric Buddhist literature
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/3/187

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