Kaula
Kaula or Kula describes a type of Hindu tantrism reckoned by Gavin Flood to derive from Kapalika or cremation ground asceticism, and to divide into northern, eastern, southern and western schools across the subcontinent. The Kaula tradition is sometimes... Viac o knihe
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Kaula or Kula describes a type of Hindu tantrism reckoned by Gavin Flood to derive from Kapalika or cremation ground asceticism, and to divide into northern, eastern, southern and western schools across the subcontinent. The Kaula tradition is sometimes more simply divided into two main branches, Purva Kaula and Uttara Kaula.The Kaula lineage is closely linked to the Siddha and Natha traditions.The translation of the term Kula in English is considered difficult and has raised some problems for researchers The basic meaning is "family", "group", "self contained unit".This is explained by Flood as referring to the retinues of minor goddesses depicted in the schools' literature Philosophically the term is said to represent a unifying connectedness, beneath the various objects, processes and living entities of this world, which may be identified with these goddesses as aspects of the supreme deity, in some regions the god Shiva, elsewhere a goddess. Another meaning sometimes given to the term kaula is that of a group of people engaged together in the practice of spiritual discipline.
- Vydavateľstvo: Alphascript Publishing
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- ISBN: 9786130274085
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