Naked Seeing - The Great Perfection, Wheel of Time, Visionary Buddhism in

Zusatztext This superb study brings to light some of the most esoteric and innovative contemplative practices ever to emerge within Asian religions. In clear and engaging terms, Hatchell explores how the visionary techniques of the Kalacakra and Great Perfection traditions work to undo our deeply engrained psychophysical habits and open us to new ways of seeing. The result is a study that will appeal not only to scholars and practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism, but to anyone interested in the phenomenology of sensory perception. Informationen zum Autor Chris Hatchell teaches in the field of Asian religions, with particular interests in Tibetan religion. His research focuses on Tibet, particularly the Bön religion and a system of philosophy and practice called the Great Perfection (rdzogs chen). He is especially interested in pursuing visual studies related to religious traditions, and his main research has been on Buddhist visionary practices. Klappentext Naked Seeing investigates visionary yogas in the Tibetan Bön and Buddhist traditions: practices in which a meditator spends long periods of time in a dark room or gazing at the open sky, with the goal of experiencing luminous visions. The book examines these practices in two major esoteric traditions, known as the Wheel of Time (Kalacakra) and the Great Perfection (Dzogchen). As both of these traditions began experimenting with sensory deprivation, they found that immersion in darkness or light resulted in unusual experiences of seeing, and those experiences could then be used as gateways to pursuing some of the classic Buddhist questions about appearances, emptiness, and the nature of reality. This book presents the intellectual and literary histories of these practices, and also explores the meditative techniques and physiology that underlie their distinctive visionary experiences. The book contains complete English translations of three major Tibetan texts on visionary practice. These are: a Kalacakra treatise by Yumo Mikyo Dorjé, The Lamp Illuminating Emptiness; a Nyingma Great Perfection work called The Tantra of the Blazing Lamps; and a Bön Great Perfection work called Advice on the Six Lamps, along with a detailed commentary on this by Drugom Gyalwa Yungdrung. Zusammenfassung Naked Seeing investigates visionary yogas in the Tibetan Bön and Buddhist traditions: practices in which a meditator spends long periods of time in a dark room or gazing at the open sky, with the goal of experiencing luminous visions. The book examines these practices in two major esoteric traditions, known as the Wheel of Time (Kalacakra) and the Great Perfection (Dzogchen). As both of these traditions began experimenting with sensory deprivation, they found that immersion in darkness or light resulted in unusual experiences of seeing, and those experiences could then be used as gateways to pursuing some of the classic Buddhist questions about appearances, emptiness, and the nature of reality. This book presents the intellectual and literary histories of these practices, and also explores the meditative techniques and physiology that underlie their distinctive visionary experiences.The book contains complete English translations of three major Tibetan texts on visionary practice. These are: a Kalacakra treatise by Yumo Mikyo Dorjé, The Lamp Illuminating Emptiness; a Nyingma Great Perfection work called The Tantra of the Blazing Lamps; and a Bön Great Perfection work called Advice on the Six Lamps, along with a detailed commentary on this by Drugom Gyalwa Yungdrung. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Preface Introduction Part One: Seeing Literature Chapter 1: Yumo's Lamp Illuminating Emptiness Chapter 2: The Tantra of the Blazing Lamps Chapter 3: Advice on the Six Lamps Part Two: Views Chapter 4: Seeing Emptiness Chapter 5: Seeing Light Chapter 6: Seeing Through Sexuality Part Three: Seeing Sour...

List of contents

• Table of Contents


• Preface


• Introduction


• Part One: Seeing Literature


• Chapter 1: Yumo's Lamp Illuminating Emptiness


• Chapter 2: The Tantra of the Blazing Lamps


• Chapter 3: Advice on the Six Lamps


• Part Two: Views


• Chapter 4: Seeing Emptiness


• Chapter 5: Seeing Light


• Chapter 6: Seeing Through Sexuality


• Part Three: Seeing Sources


• Translation 1: Yumo Mikyo DorjÃ(c)'s The Lamp Illuminating Emptiness


• Translation 2: The Tantra of the Blazing Lamps


• Translation 3a: Advice on the Six Lamps


• Translation 3b: Drugyalwa's Commentary on the Intended Meaning of the Six Lamps


• Bibliography and Abbreviations


• Notes


• Index

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Hatchell, Christopher (Assistant Professor of Reli Hatchell, Christopher (Assistant Professor of Religion Hatchell, Hatchell Christopher
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.03.2014
• EAN: 9780199982912
• ISBN: 978-0-19-998291-2
• No. of pages: 496
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; RELIGION / Buddhism / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan, Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism