Meeting the Buddhas: A Guide to Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Tantric DeitiesWindhorse Publications, 1993 - 356 Seiten An introduction the most well-known and important Buddhas, deities and other sacred figures of Buddhism. Each is imaginatively brought to life for the reader presenting their major characteristics along with illustrations, visualizations, symbols, mantras and myths. |
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
Chapter One THE FOUNTAINHEAD OF BUDDHISM | 13 |
Chapter Two THE Development Of Buddhist VISUALIZATION | 25 |
Chapter Three THE BENEFITS OF VISUALIZATION | 35 |
Chapter Four TAKING UP THE PRACTICE OF VISUALIZATION | 43 |
Part Two | 55 |
Chapter Seven THE WISHFULFILLING JEWEL IN THE SOUTH | 81 |
Chapter Eight THE RED BUDDHA AND THE MUDRA OF MEDITATION | 93 |
Chapter Nineteen PRAJNAPARAMITAThe Book That BECAME A GODDESS | 219 |
Chapter TwentyOne THE ESOTERIC BUDDHA AND THE LOTUSBORN GURU | 241 |
Chapter TwentyTwo THE OATHBOUND DEITIES | 261 |
Chapter TwentyThree DANCING IN THE SKY | 279 |
Chapter TwentyFour THE DARK ARMIES OF THE DHARMA | 293 |
Chapter TwentyFive THE REFUGE TREE AND ITS FUTURE GROWTH | 309 |
NOTES | 323 |
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS | 331 |
Chapter Nine CROSSED THUNDERBOLTS AND THE BUDDHA OF ACTION | 105 |
Chapter Eighteen THE TANTRIC APPROACH | 205 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Akshobhya Amitabha Amoghasiddhi appears archetypal aspects Avalokiteshvara beautiful become blue sky Bodhichitta Bodhisattva body Buddhahood Buddhist Buddhist tradition centre Chakrasamvara Chapter colour compassion consciousness consort dakini death deities Dharma dharmapalas disciples embodiment Emptiness energy everything experience feel figure five Buddhas gain Enlightenment Gelukpa give goddess Going for Refuge golden Green Tara guru heart Heruka Highest Tantra holds human Indian initiation Kalachakra light living look lotus magic Mahayana sutras Maitreya mandala Manjushri means meditation mind moon mat mudra mundane Naropa nature Nyingmapa ourselves Padmasambhava path to Enlightenment Perfection of Wisdom Plate Prajnaparamita Pure Land Ratnasambhava Reality realm Refuge Tree represented right hand sadhana samsara Sanskrit schools of Tibetan Shakyamuni shunyata Siddhartha skull cup suffering symbol Tantra Tantric practice teacher teaching thangka thangka by permission things Tibet Tibetan Buddhism transcendental transformed Tsongkhapa Vairochana vajra Vajrapani Vajrasattva Vajrayana visualization wheel White Tara yidam yoga