The Zen of Tantra. Tibetan Great Perfection in Fahai Lama's Chinese Zen Monastery
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (682 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3906000257 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 190 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Tianmu in China's Zhejiang province, she lived and practiced under the monastery's founder, a Chinese Zen (Chan) and Tibetan rDzogs chen (Great Perfection) master called Fahai Lama (1920-1991). After her discovery in 1988 of a Buddhist nunnery on Mt. Even the most esoteric form of Tibetan Buddhism, rDzogs chen or Great Perfection, has found numerous followers in the West. Dr Esposito's book offers a fascinating glimpse into the daily life and practices of a Chinese Buddhist monastery and into the teachings of a man who not only survived the Cultural revolution as an acupuncturist, Qigong master and recluse in a Daoist cave, but managed to found and build a Chan monastery to promote Tibetan Tantra in a still thoroughly communist environment.. Monica Esposito (1962-2011), one of Europe's foremost scholars of Chinese religions, observed this process up close. Today, entire stadiums fill when the Dalai Lama speaks, training centers mushroom, and books proliferate. Af