| Title: | In that very body, within that very dream : soteriological dreaming technique in the tradition of Buddhist yogis |
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| Authors: | ID Petek, Nina (Author) |
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| Files: |  URL - Source URL, visit https://doi.org/10.35469/poligrafi.2023.403
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  ZRS Koper - Science and Research Centre Koper
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| Abstract: | The first part of the paper briefly outlines the role of dreams in early Budd-hism and their importance in establishing the continuity of the whole tradition, before presenting in the second part entirely new aspects of dreams in the Budd-hist eremitic tradition, influenced by the Tantric spiritual horizon, in particular by a transformed concept of the body. The central part of the paper follows an analysis of the soteriological technique of dreaming (Tib. rmi lam) in the tradi-tion of Buddhist yogis and yoginīs, based on the fragments of mahāsiddha Tilopa (Ṣaḍdharmopadeśa), Gampopa’s commentaries, collected in the treatise Dags po'i bka' 'bum, and findings from studies on Buddhist eremitic tradition in Ladakh in the region of the Indian Himalayas. The four stages of dream yoga are also hi-ghlighted in relation to other psychophysical soteriological techniques (the six dharmas, Skrt. ṣaḍdharma, Tib. chos drug). The philosophical and soteriological foundations of dream yoga are presented on the basis of the doctrine of consciou-sness in the yogācāra school, highlighting in particular the three modifications of consciousness presented by Vasubandhu. The last part the paper outlines the si-gnificance of training in the dreaming technique in the very process of dying that leads to the unconditioned state beyond life and death, nirvāṇa. |
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| Keywords: | dreams in Buddhism, Buddhist yogis and yoginis, six dharmas, yogacara, vijñana, nirvana |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 20.12.2023 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2023 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 5-57 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 28, no. 109/110 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-18922  |
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| UDC: | 242-852.5YOG:159.963.3:24-186.5 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1318-8828 |
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| DOI: | 10.35469/poligrafi.2023.403 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 184122627 |
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| Copyright: | The Authors |
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 14.05.2024 |
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