10.26180/5df811d6e5b86
GIOVANNI ARCA
GIOVANNI
ARCA
Western projections onto Tibetan Buddhism - Cultural transfer of religious, psychological and artistic values
Monash University
2019
Vajrayāna
Tibetan
Buddhism
Scientification
Psychobuddhism
Tantrism
Tantric iconography
Buddhist iconography
Vajrayāna iconography
Psychophysical
Psychedelic Buddhism
Esotericism
Subjective Religious Experience
Religious conservation
Cultural religious transfer
Culturomics
Neuro-metaphysics
De-essentialization of religion
Esoteric
SRE
Esoteric superimposition
Esoteric Buddhism
Tantric secrecy
Mahāyāna
Dzogchen
Entheoteric Buddhism
Entheotericism
Scientific misrepresentation
Scientification of religion
Iconographic misinterpretation
Tibetan art
Tibetan Buddhism
Nyin thang
Chögyal Yonten Gyamtso ( 8th Drugu Chögyal)
Buddhist Tantric Art
Tantric transmission
Bar do thos grol
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Religious Studies
Psychology of Religion
Other Asian Literature (excl. South-East Asian)
2019-12-16 23:23:01
Thesis
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Western_projections_onto_Tibetan_Buddhism_-_Cultural_transfer_of_religious_psychological_and_artistic_values/11370354
The West has generally understood Tibetan Buddhism through a composite process of cultural transfers and filters. Christianity, Esoteric currents, Psychology and Art have contributed to transfer meanings that do not belong to this religious tradition, thereby creating perceptions that misrepresent it.
This study investigates the causes, nature and extent of these western misconceptions of Tibetan Buddhism, and demonstrates how this affects its perception from a global socio-religious standpoint.