David Peter Lawrence

The Teachings of the Odd-Eyed One (eBook, PDF)

A Study and Translation of the Virupak¿apañcasika, with the Commentary of Vidyacakravartin

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Produktbeschreibung

A study and translation of a tantric contemplative manual and the commentary on it.

This book offers the first published translation of the contemplative manual Virupaksapañcasika, written circa the twelfth century CE, and the commentary on it, Vivrti by Vidyacakravartin. These late works from the Pratyabhijña tradition of monistic and tantric Kashmiri Saiva philosophy focus on means to deindividualize and disclose the primordial, divine essential natures of the human ego and body-sense.

David Peter Lawrence situates these writings in their medieval, South Asian religious and intellectual contexts. He goes on to engage Pratyabhijña philosophical psychology in dialogue with Western religious and psychoanalytic conceptions of identity and "narcissism," and also demonstrates the Saiva tradition's strong concern with ethics. The richly annotated translation and glossary illuminate the texts for all readers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780791477724
• Artikelnr.: 60502647

Autorenporträt

David Peter Lawrence is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Dakota. He is the author of Rediscovering God with Transcendental Argument: A Contemporary Interpretation of Monistic Kashmiri Saiva Philosophy, also published by SUNY Press.