[Buddha-l] Tantric Buddhism

[Blumenthal, James]

Richard,
Those are all great suggestions.  I would also add Elizabeth English's recent book: Vajrayogini: Her Visualizations, Rituals, and Forms.  Her focus is on the tantra in the Indian context.
Jim Blumenthal

James Blumenthal
Department of Philosophy
Oregon State University
102-A Hovland Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331


-----Original Message-----
From: buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com on behalf of Richard Nance
Sent: Thu 8/31/2006 6:18 AM
To: Buddhist discussion forum
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Tantric Buddhism
 
Bob Zeuschner wrote:

> > "I wonder if any of you can recommend a text or texts which could help me
> > sort out:
> > (1) Indian Hindu Tantric thought 5th-13th century
> > (2) Indian Buddhist Tantric thought 5th-13th century
> > (3) Tibetan Tantric Buddhism

I'm no expert on this material, but I'd recommend reading both of
Ronald Davidson's recent books ("Indian Esoteric Buddhism" and
"Tibetan Renaissance," both both published by Columbia University
Press). Both are deeply researched and quite provocative; whether you
agree or disagree with his central claims, he's done a truly
staggering amount of work on tantric thought in India and Tibet.
Couple these books with work by Alexis Sanderson, John Newman, Stephen
Hodge, Vesna Wallace, Robert Mayer, and David Gordon White, and you'll
be off to a good start.

Best wishes,

R. Nance
_______________________________________________
buddha-l mailing list
buddha-l at mailman.swcp.com
http://mailman.swcp.com/mailman/listinfo/buddha-l

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.swcp.com/mailman/private/buddha-l/attachments/20060831/f6d30905/attachment.htm