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The Superhuman Faculties: Visual Meditation and Miracles in Buddhist Literature and Art. A Study in Religious History by Schlingloff, Dieter
by Schlingloff, Dieter
The Superhuman Faculties: Visual Meditation and Miracles in Buddhist Literature and Art. A Study in Religious History
by Schlingloff, Dieter
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IUDICIUM Verlag GmbH. Softcover. New. 23,5 x 15,8 cm. This publication deals with a phenomenon that has been expressed in various aspects in both literature and art: people exist who have, or are able to gain, the ability to see in trance irreal figures appear and act. Depending on the visionarys spiritual or religious environment, these appearances take on meanings in accordance with the visionarys expectation and then, dogmatically interpreted, are entered by the visionary himself or by others into religious literature as stories of actual events sometimes being so transformed in the process that their visionary origin is no longer apparent. Our study examines this phenomenon in the so-called H?nay?na Buddhism in India and its transmission to Central Asia, where this process can often be observed. The faculty of visions is naturally not limited to Buddhism; it can be equally observed in the three major monotheistic religions as well. One prominent example from the Bible is the transfiguration of Jesus, perhaps the vision with the greatest consequences in the New Testament.
- Bookseller BookVistas (IN)
- Format/Binding Softcover
- Book Condition New New
- Quantity Available 500
- Binding Paperback
- ISBN 10 3862053334
- ISBN 13 9783862053339
- Publisher IUDICIUM Verlag GmbH
- Keywords The Superhuman Faculties: Visual Meditation and Miracles in Buddhist Literature and Art. A Study in Religious History Schlingloff, Dieter Sachbücher/Philosophie, Religion/Weitere Weltreligionen
- Size 23,5 x 15,8 cm