Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article comprises an introduction to and annotated translation of passages from the Unimpeded Sound Tantra (Sgra thal 'gyur) and one of its earliest known commentaries from the twelfth century. The passages describe divination practices involving the interpretation of elemental signs that manifest as omens in the sky to determine a community's collective karma and destinies. The article explores how these materials invite reconsiderations of Buddhist contemplatives as world-abdicating renunciates, emphasizing instead a vision of contemplative life immersed within the overlapping social domains of human, non-human, and more-than-human beings.
Source: Journal of Contemplative Studies
DOI: 10.57010/kmhb1827
Author: Devin Zuckerman
Institution: University of Virginia
Language: English
Topic: Indian and Buddhist Studies
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4415584662
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