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Sahaja is the natural state of mind realised as bliss void by the Mahasiddhas. The Siddhas' realisation of this void is in the form of songs of enlightenment called Doha or Charyagiti, simple allegories of nature and village life. The lyrics portray erotic mysticism to express the experience of Tantric sadhana. This book presents selected contributions at conferences on the subject that critically re-evaluate Doha and Charyagiti collections of songs, referring to ...
This volume presents selected papers presented at 6th International Csoma de Koros Symposium on 'Hermeneutics of Tantrik Literature and Culture' (13th - 15th March 2009) organized by the Department of Indo-Tibetan Studies and the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, and the Csoma de Koros Society, Hungary as well as additional articles to complement the topic.
The work reflects the Buddhist scenario and philosophic guidelines that over a period of many centuries have marked the customs and practices of the Asian world along with its arts and sciences. The diversity of Buddhist Asian cultures expressed in various styles and languages is a rich palette with congruent and non-congruent layers, collectively presenting a picture of unchallenged beauty, similar to a peacok's feather which very charm is the variety in an ...