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Mental Imagery, Tantric Practice, and the Drama of the Imagination. Davey K. Tomlinson (Villanova)
5:30 pm
Mental Imagery, Tantric Practice, and the Drama of the Imagination. Davey K. Tomlinson (Villanova)
@ Columbia Religion
Feb 2 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
How does the imagination change us? Why should picturing ourselves a certain way have any real effect on what we are? These questions are central to debates in Buddhist tantric literature regarding the generation stage (utpattikrama), wherein practitioners visualize themselves as buddhas ensconsed in magnificent mandala-palaces. For some, this practice is what sets Buddhist tantra apart: through this “yoga of the imagination,” as David Shulman puts it, a practitioner can achieve buddhahood in a single[...]
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