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| “I Can’t Do All This—This Is Nuts!”: An Ethnographic Account of the Challenges Posed by Vajrayāna Deity Yoga in a Western Context | ||
| 作者 | Perkins, Sophie-Anne (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Religions |
| 卷期 | v.14 n.7 |
| 出版日期 | 2023.07 |
| 頁次 | 49 |
| 出版者 | MDIP |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.mdpi.com/ |
| 出版地 | Basel, Switzerland [巴塞爾, 瑞士] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | 1. Religions 2023, 14(7), 935. 2. The Subtitle of the Journal: Tantric Studies for the Twenty-First Century. 3. Author Affiliation: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany. |
| 關鍵詞 | Tantra; Vajrayāna Buddhism; Western Buddhism; deity yoga; yidam; meditation-related challenges; guru–student relationship; ngöndro; Buddhist faith; Buddhist devotion |
| 摘要 | This article provides an in-depth exploration of the contextual, epistemic, ethical, personal, practical, religious, and socio-cultural factors that sixteen Western practitioners of Vajrayāna Buddhism highlighted as having particularly challenged their ability to learn and engage in deity yoga, including what strategies they may have adopted in attempting to overcome their impact. While these have been largely overlooked by empirical research on meditation, their pertinence to understanding practice efficacy and outcome, as well as the phenomenological unfolding of particularly adverse practice-related experiences, have recently been recognized alongside the prevalence of the latter. In addition, these practitioner testimonies shed light on how the cross-cultural transmission of Vajrayāna Buddhism involves a process in which practice approaches and environments are undergoing adaptation and negotiation in light of the needs and lifestyles of lay practitioners, while meaning is being synthesized through their responses to the experiences that unfold not only from their exposure to teachers and their teachings but also from their engagement in tantric practice. |
| 目次 | Abstract 1 Keywords 1 1. Introduction 1 2. The Practice Context 3 2.1. Embodying the Yidam 3 2.2. The Lama as Embodiment, Transmitter, and Enabler 6 2.2.1. Faith and Devotion 7 2.2.2. Factors That Reinforce Faith and Devotion 9 3. The Challenges of Deity Yoga 15 3.1. The Challenges of Accessibility 15 3.2. The Challenges of Ngöndro 20 3.3. The Challenges of Belief and Understanding 24 3.4. Challenges of Faith and Devotion 30 4. Conclusions 37 Funding 39 Institutional Review Board Statement 39 Informed Consent Statement 39 Data Availability Statement 39 Acknowledgments 39 Conflicts of Interest 39 Appendix A 39 Notes 39 References 46 |
| ISSN | 20771444 (E) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel14070935 |
| 點閱次數 | 121 |
| 建檔日期 | 2024.06.12 |
| 更新日期 | 2024.06.14 |
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