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Naked seeing : the great perfection, the wheel of time, and visionary Buddhism in Renaissance Tibet /

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'Naked Seeing' investigates visionary yogas in the Tibetan Bon 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 esoter...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hatchell, Christopher (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Tantric Buddhism > Tibet Region > Rituals.
Kālacakra (Tantric rite)
Rdzogs-chen.
Bouddhisme tantrique > Tibet historique > Rituel.
Kālacakra (Rite tantrique)
Dzogchen (rNying-ma-pa)
Buddhist)
RELIGION.
Rituals & Practice.
Tibetan.
Rdzogs-chen
Tantric Buddhism > Rituals
Tibet Region
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:'Naked Seeing' investigates visionary yogas in the Tibetan Bon 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 and offers complete English translations of three major Tibetan texts associated with these traditions.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199369980
0199369984
0199982929
9780199982929