140241 VO An Introduction to Hindu Tantrism: History, Rituals and Philosophy (2017W)
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Language: English
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- Wednesday 31.01.2018 10:30 - 12:00 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Thursday 15.03.2018 10:00 - 11:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
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30.11 10:00-12:30
14.12 10:00-12:30
11.01 10:00-12:30
- Thursday 09.11. 10:30 - 12:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Thursday 16.11. 10:30 - 12:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Thursday 23.11. 10:30 - 12:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Thursday 30.11. 10:30 - 12:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Thursday 14.12. 10:30 - 12:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Thursday 11.01. 10:30 - 12:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Thursday 18.01. 10:30 - 12:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
- Thursday 25.01. 10:30 - 12:30 Seminarraum 5 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-34
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Oral exam at the end of the course. Students should attend at least 75% of the lessons.
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Selected Bibliography
Gavin Flood. An Introduction to Hinduism. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Gavin Flood. The Tantric Body. IB Tauris, 2006.
André Padoux. Vāc. The Concept of the Word in Selected Hindu Tantras. Albany: SUNY Press, 1990.
Andrè Padoux. Comprendre le Tantrism. Le sources Hindoues. Albin Mcihel. 2010.
Alexis Sanderson. “The Lākulas: New Evidence of a System Intermediate Between Pāñcārthika Pāśupatism and Āgamic Śaivism,” IPA 26, 2006, 143–217.
Alexis Sanderson. “The Śaiva Exegesis of Kashmir”. In Mélanges tantriques à la memoire d’Hélène Brunner, ed. by Dominic Goodall and André Padoux. Institut Français de Pondichéry, 2007.
Alexis Sanderson. “The Śaiva Literature,” Journal of Indological Studies 24–25, 2014, 1–113.
Judit Törzsök. “Non-dualism in Early Śākta Tantras: Transgressive Rites and Their Ontological Justification in a Historical Perspective”. Journal of Indian Philosophy 42: 195-223.
Utpaladeva. The Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā of Utpaladeva with the Author’s Vṛtti. Edited by R. Torella. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2002.
Hugh B. Urban. Tantra. Sex, Secrecy, Politics, and Power in the Study of Religion. University of California Press, 2003.
D. G. White. The Kiss of the Yoginī. The University of Chicago Press, 2003.
D. G. White. “Tantra,” Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Leiden: Brill,vol. 3, pp. 574-88, 2011.
Alex Watson. The Self ’s Awareness of Itself: Bhatṭa Rāmakaṇṭha’s Arguments Against the Buddhist Doctrine of No-Self, DNRL 32, Vienna, 2006.
Gavin Flood. An Introduction to Hinduism. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Gavin Flood. The Tantric Body. IB Tauris, 2006.
André Padoux. Vāc. The Concept of the Word in Selected Hindu Tantras. Albany: SUNY Press, 1990.
Andrè Padoux. Comprendre le Tantrism. Le sources Hindoues. Albin Mcihel. 2010.
Alexis Sanderson. “The Lākulas: New Evidence of a System Intermediate Between Pāñcārthika Pāśupatism and Āgamic Śaivism,” IPA 26, 2006, 143–217.
Alexis Sanderson. “The Śaiva Exegesis of Kashmir”. In Mélanges tantriques à la memoire d’Hélène Brunner, ed. by Dominic Goodall and André Padoux. Institut Français de Pondichéry, 2007.
Alexis Sanderson. “The Śaiva Literature,” Journal of Indological Studies 24–25, 2014, 1–113.
Judit Törzsök. “Non-dualism in Early Śākta Tantras: Transgressive Rites and Their Ontological Justification in a Historical Perspective”. Journal of Indian Philosophy 42: 195-223.
Utpaladeva. The Īśvarapratyabhijñākārikā of Utpaladeva with the Author’s Vṛtti. Edited by R. Torella. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2002.
Hugh B. Urban. Tantra. Sex, Secrecy, Politics, and Power in the Study of Religion. University of California Press, 2003.
D. G. White. The Kiss of the Yoginī. The University of Chicago Press, 2003.
D. G. White. “Tantra,” Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Leiden: Brill,vol. 3, pp. 574-88, 2011.
Alex Watson. The Self ’s Awareness of Itself: Bhatṭa Rāmakaṇṭha’s Arguments Against the Buddhist Doctrine of No-Self, DNRL 32, Vienna, 2006.
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Some preliminary definitions. Tantric scriptures as a new revelation. Tantric versus Vedic. The main features of Tantra. Theories on the origin of the phenomenon.
2. Śaiva Tantras (16 November)
General characteristics of Śaiva Tantras (Āgamas). Classification of the Śaiva literature. Atimārga and Mantramārga. The Atimārga traditions: Pāśupatas (i), Lākulas (ii) and Kāpālikas (iii) traditions.
3. Non-dualistic Śaiva Tantras (23 November)
Mantramārga. Mantrapīṭha and Vidyāpītḥa. Kaulism and non-dualistic schools. The four traditions (āmnayas): Trika, Krama, Kubjikā and Tripurasundarī. The Kashmiri traditions: The Śivasūtras, the Spanda and the Pratyabhijñā traditions.
4. Dualistic Śaiva Tantra and Vaiṣṇava Tantra (30 November)
The Śaiva-Siddhānta: texts and doctrines. Vaiṣṇavism and Tantra: the Pāñcarātra school.
5. The Tantric Body (14 December)
Subtle and gross body. The structure of the yogic body. The role of gestures (mudrā) and impositions (nyāsa).
6. The Role of Language in Tantra (11 January)
The word as the manifestation of the divine. The role and the function of formulas (mantras).
7. The Tantric Rituals and Sexual dimension of Tantra (18 January)
Tantra as hyper-ritualism. Some examples of Tantric rituals. The worship of the deity (pūjā) and the initiation of the practitioner. Sex as instrumental to power and salvation. The cult of the Yoginī. Transgressive rituals. (dīkṣā) (25 January).
8. Tantric Philosophy: the School of the Recognition (25 January)
Authors and texts of the Pratyabhijñā. Philosophical doctrines. The problem of the existence of the self. Excerpts of texts in translation.