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Author Wallace, Vesna A

Title The inner kālacakratantra : a Buddhist tantric view of the individual / Vesna A. Wallace
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 273 pages)
Contents Introduction; 1 The Broader Theoretical Framework of the Kālacakratantra; 2 A History of the sad-anga-yoga of the Kālacakratantra and Its Relation to Other Religious Traditions of India; 3 The Nature of Syncretism in the Kālacakratantra; 4 The Concept of Science in the Kālacakra Tradition; 5 The Cosmic Body; 6 The Social Body; 7 The Gnostic Body; 8 The Transformative Body; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary The Kalacakratantra is the latest and most comprehensive Buddhist Tantra that is available in its original Sanskrit. The Kalacakratantra's five chapters are classified into three categories: outer, inner, and other Kalacakratantra. This text focuses on the inner Kalacakratantra
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Tantra. Kālacakratantra -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Tantra. Kālacakratantra. fast (OCoLC)fst01366887
Subject Buddhist anthropology.
Human body -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Tantric Buddhism -- Doctrines
Kālacakra (Tantric rite)
Tantric Buddhism.
Vajrayana.
RELIGION -- Buddhism -- General.
Buddhist anthropology.
Human body -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Tantric Buddhism -- Doctrines.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1423727495
9781423727491
9780195122114
0195122119